Ion. and poet. Verb, very rarely used in Att. (v. infr.), howl, prop. of wolves and dogs, Call. Fr. 423, Theoc. 2.35, Coluth. 116, D.S. 1.87; of lions, roar, A.R. 4.1339; of animals generally, Plu. Sollert. 2.973a, LXX Wi. 17.19; ὄρθιον ὤρυσαι Pi. l.c., cf. LXX Ps. 37(38).9; of primitive folk, either in mourning, Hdt. 3.117, or in joy, Id. 4.75; ὥσπερ ἀπόπληκτοι . . ὠρύονται Pl.Com. 130; of the sea, D.P. 83.