ὄλολοι

ὄλολοι, οἱ,

A = δεισιδαίμονες, Theopomp.Com.61, Men.112.

ὄλολοι

masc acc pl

ὄλολοι

masc acc pl

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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