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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἰάχω (iákhō, “to cry out, scream”) + -ή (-ḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.a.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /i.aˈçi/ → /i.aˈçi/
Noun
ἰᾰχή • (iakhḗ) f (genitive ἰᾰχῆς); first declension
- cry, shout, both of victor and vanquished
- wail, shriek, scream
- joyous sound, shout of joy
Declension
Further reading
- “ἰαχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἰαχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἰαχή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἰαχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἰαχή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963