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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From an epithet of Dionysus, Εὔιος (Eúios) or Εὐάν (Euán), probably from εὖ (eû, “good”) + υἱός (huiós, “son”) (implying "Well done, my son", said by Zeus to Dionysus after he won a fight in the Gigantomachy), or from εὖ (eû, “good”) + οἶνος (oînos, “wine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eu̯.ôi̯/ → /eˈβy/ → /eˈvi/
Interjection
εὐοῖ • (euoî)
- The cry used by worshipers of Dionysus.
Descendants
References
- “εὐοῖ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὐοῖ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers