ὀλολυγ-ή

ὀλολῡγ-αῖος, α, ον,

A screeching,

νυκτερίς IG14.1934

.

ὀλολῡγ-ή, ἡ, (ὀλολύζω) any

A loud cry, esp. of women invoking a god,

αἱ δ' ὀλολυγῇ πᾶσαι Ἀθήνῃ χεῖρας ἀνέσχον Il.6.301

, cf. h.Ven.19 (pl.), Ar.Lys. 240 ;

δοκέει ἔμοιγε καὶ <ἡ> ὀ. ἐπὶ ἱροῖσι ἐνταῦθα πρῶτον γενέσθαι Hdt.4.189

;

θεία μακάρων ὀ. Ar.Av. 222

; κραυγῇ τε καὶ ὀ. χρωμένων, of the alarm given in the attack on Plataea, Th.2.4.—Mostly in good sense, sts. even opp. to a wailing cry,

ἀντίμολπον ἧκεν ὀλολυγῆς μέγαν κωκυτόν E.Med. 1176

;

σύν τ' εὐαγορίᾳ σύν τ' εὔγμασι σύν τ' ὀλολυγαῖς Call.Lav.Pall. 139

.

ὀλόλῡγ-μα, ατος, τό,

A loud cry, mostly of joy, E.Heracl. 782 (lyr.) ; Κυβέλης in honour of C., AP6.173 (Rhian.).

ὀλολῡγ-μός, ὁ,

A loud cry, mostly of joy, in honour of the gods,

ὀ. ἱρὸν.. παιώνισον A.Th. 268

;

ὀ. εὐφημοῦντα τῇδε λαμπάδι ἐπορθιάζειν Id.Ag.28

, cf. 595, E.Or. 1137, LXX Ze.1.10, PMag.Lond.121.323: pl., Epicur.Fr. 143, 419 ; song of triumph,

ἐφυμνῆσαι.. ὀ. ἀνδρὸς θεινομένου A.Ch. 387

(lyr.) ; rarely of lamentation, AP7.182 (Mel.).

ὀλολῡγ-ών, όνος, ἡ,

A croaking of the male frog, Arist.HA 536a11, Ael.NA9.13 ; note of water-creatures, ib.6.19.

II in Theoc.7.139, Arat.948, an unknown animal, evidently named from its note: some take it for a small owl, others for a singing bird, others again for the tree-frog ; cf. Eub.104, Thphr.Sign.42, AP5.291.5 (Agath.).

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `to cry out loudly; to call, to shout with joy, to moan (to the gods)', esp. of women (mostly poet.).

Other forms: (- ύττω Men.), aor. ὀλολ-ύξαι (Od.), fut. - ύξομαι (E.), - ύξω (LXX).

Compounds: Also w. prefix, esp. ἀν-, ἐπ-.

Derivatives: ὀλολυγ-ή f. (Z 301) with - αία f. surn. of the νυκτερίς (tomb-epigr.), - μός m. (A.), - μα (E.) `loud outcry (of joy)', mostly of women, that invoke a God; - ών, - όνος f. `quacking of a frog etc.' (Arist., Ael., Plu.), also name of an unknown animal (bird), Lat. acredula (Eub., Theoc., Arat.), s. Harder Glotta 12, 137 ff., also Thompson Birds s.v.; ὀλολύκ-τρια f. `professional mourning woman' (Pergam. II<sup>a</sup>), - τόλης m. `crier' (An. Ox.; cf. e.g. σκωπτόλης, ὑλα-κτ-έω). Backformations ὄλολοι m. pl. = δεισι-δαίμονες (Theopomp. Com., Men.), ὄλολυς m. after Phot. = ὁ γυναικώδης καὶ κατάθεος καὶ βάκηλος (Anaxandr., Men.).

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]

Etymology: Onomatopoetic reduplicated formation with the same ending as in ἰύζω, βαΰζω etc. (Schwyzer 716); on the reduplication Schw. 423, Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 376. Similar, genetically or elementarily cognate, formations are Lat. ululāre `howl', ulula f. `owl', Skt. ululí- `loudly crying', úlūka- m. `owl', Lith. ulula (bañgos) `(the waves) howl', all with u; s. WP. 1, 194, W.-Hofmann s. ulula w. further forms. Besides ὀλολύζω with dissimilation ο--υ or ablauting to ἐλελεῦ (s. v.), cf. Pok. 306 a. 1105. Cf. also Theander Eranos 15, 98ff. with debatable or rejectable combinations (s. on ἔλεγος w. lit., also v. Windekens Le Pelasgique 63 a. 65); Deubner BerlAkAbh. 1941: 1. -- Cf. ὀλοφύρομαι.

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