ἰού
ἰού or
ἰοῦ (v. sub fin.), Interj., a loud cry expressive of sorrow, joy, or surprise,
1). of grief of annoyance, usu. twice repeated,
ἰοὺ ἰού D. 19.209 ;
ἰ. ἰ. δύστηνος or
δύστηνε,
S. Tr. 1143 ,
OT 1071 ;
ἰ. ἰ. βοᾶν, κεκραγέναι,
Ar. Nu. 543 ,
Pax 345 : c. gen.,
ἰ. ἰ. τῶν .. κιγκλίδων Jul. Caes. 330d : rarely once,
φῦ (
φεῦ codd.),
ἰ. τῆς ἀσβόλου Ar. Th. 245 ; or thrice,
Id. Pax 110 : with other Interj.,
ἰ. ἰ. ὢ ὢ κακά A. Ag. 1214 ;
ἰ. ἰ. πόπαξ Id. Eu. 143 (lyr.).
2). of joyful surprise,
hallo!, hurrah!,
Id. Ag. 25 ,
E. Cyc. 464 ,
576 ,
Ar. Eq. 1096 ,
Pl. R. 432d ,
Grg. 499b ,
Smp. 223a . (Sch.
Ar. Pax 345 ,
316 says that
ἰοὺ ἰού is of woe,
ἰοῦ ἰοῦ of joy: the rule is not observed in codd. In Att. Poets it sts. stands extra versum,
A. Ag. 25 ,
Ar. Nu. 1 .)
ShortDef
ho!
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἰού
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ιου
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-50612
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἰού</span> or <span class="orth greek">ἰοῦ</span> (v. sub fin.), Interj., a loud cry expressive of sorrow, joy, or surprise, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> of grief of annoyance, usu. twice repeated, <span class="quote greek">ἰοὺ ἰού</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:209" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:209/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 19.209 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἰ. ἰ. δύστηνος</span> or <span class="foreign greek">δύστηνε</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1143" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1143/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 1143 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1071" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1071/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1071 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἰ. ἰ. βοᾶν, κεκραγέναι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:543" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:543/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 543 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:345" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:345/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 345 </a>: c. gen., <span class="quote greek">ἰ. ἰ. τῶν .. κιγκλίδων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg003:330d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg003:330d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Caes.</span> 330d </a> : rarely once, <span class="foreign greek">φῦ </span>(<span class="foreign greek">φεῦ</span> codd.), <span class="quote greek">ἰ. τῆς ἀσβόλου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:245" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:245/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 245 </a> ; or thrice, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:110/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 110 </a>: with other Interj., <span class="quote greek">ἰ. ἰ. ὢ ὢ κακά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1214/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1214 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἰ. ἰ. πόπαξ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:143" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:143/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 143 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of joyful surprise, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hallo!, hurrah!</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 25 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:464" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:464/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 464 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:576" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:576/canonical-url/"> 576 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1096" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1096/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 1096 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:432d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:432d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 432d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:499b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:499b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 499b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:223a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg011.perseus-grc1:223a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 223a </a>. (Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:345" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:345/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 345 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:316" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:316/canonical-url/"> 316 </a> says that <span class="foreign greek">ἰοὺ ἰού</span> is of woe, <span class="foreign greek">ἰοῦ ἰοῦ</span> of joy: the rule is not observed in codd. In Att. Poets it sts. stands extra versum, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 25 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1 </a>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}