βοή,
Doric dialect βοά, ἡ,
loud cry, shout, in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly
battle-cry, βοὴν ἀγαθός [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; βοᾶς δ᾽ ἔτι μηδ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ εἴη let there be not even the name
of war, [
Refs]; later of prayer, Ἑλληνικὸν νόμισμα θυστάδος β. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; κακοφάτιδα β.
cry of mourning, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also,
song of joy, ἴτω ξύναυλος βοὰ χαρᾷ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of oracles, ἀείδουσα. βοὰς ἂς ἂν Ἀπόλλων κελαδήσῃ [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
shout, murmur of a crowd, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things,
roar of the sea, [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
sound of musical instruments, αὐλοὶ φόρμιγγές τε βοὴν ἔχον [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
cry of birds, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; βοὴν θωΰσσειν, ἀϋτεῖν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον καὶ ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕνεκα as far as
sound went, only in appearance, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) ={βοήθεια},
aid called for, succour, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]. (
g[uglide]o[uglide]ā, cf. Sanskrit
jō-guvē (intensive of
gávatē) 'proclaim aloud'.)