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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀλολῡ́ζω (ololū́zō, “to cry aloud”) + -ή (-ḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.lo.lyː.ɡɛ̌ː/ → /o.lo.lyˈʝi/ → /o.lo.liˈʝi/
Noun
ὀλολῡγή • (ololūgḗ) f (genitive ὀλολῡγῆς); first declension
- any loud cry, especially of women invoking a god
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Further reading
- “ὀλολυγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὀλολυγή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ὀλολυγή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὀλολυγή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὀλολυγή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963