ἰάχω

ἰάχω [ῐ, ᾰ, v. sub fin.], lon. [tense] impf.

A

ἰάχεσκε Hes.Sc.232

; [dialect] Aeol. ἴαυχεν, = ἴαχεν, Aristarch. ap. Eust. 1654.28:—cry, shout,

ἰάχοντες ἐπεσσύμεθ' Od.4.454

, etc.; of battle-shouts,

Ἀργεῖοι δὲ μέγα ἴαχον Il.17.317

;

σμερδαλέα ἰάχων 19.41

, Od.22.81; shriek in alarm or pain,

πρὸς κόλπον . . τιθήνης ἐκλίνθη ἰάχων Il.6.468

, cf. 5.343, Od.10.323;

δμῳαὶ . . θυμὸν ἀκηχέμεναι μεγάλ' ἴαχον Il.18.29

;

γοηρὸν ἴαχεν Epigr.Gr. 790.7

(Dyme, iii B.C.): sts. of articulate speech, of a herald, E.El. 707 (lyr.); of the ship Argo, A.R.4.581,592, cf. AP5.298.10 (Agath.).

2 of things, ring, resound, of an echo,

περὶ δ' ἴαχε πέτρη Od.9.395

, cf. Il.21.10, Limen.15; of waves,

ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα στείρῃ . . μεγάλ' ἴαχε Il.1.482

, Od.2.428, cf. Il.2.394; of fire, roar, 23.216; of a bowstring, twang, 4.125; of hot iron in water, hiss, Od.9.392; of a struck shield, Hes.Sc.232; also

μέλαθρον ὑπὸ μολπᾶς ἴαχεν AP7.194

(Mnasalc.).

3 c. acc. cogn., ἰ. μέλος sound forth a strain, Call.Cer.40;

ἄνδρες ἐπήρατον ἴαχον ὄρθιον Sapph.Supp. 20c

.4; [λογίων ὁδόν] τινι proclaim it to him, Ar.Eq.1016: c. acc.pers., sound one's praises, ἴαχον Ἀπόλλω were sounding his praises, Id.Av.772;

με Νεμέα ἴαχεν ἀθλοφόρον Epigr.Gr.932

a.—[dialect] Ep. only [ per.] 3sg. and pl. [tense] impf. and part.: [tense] pres.

ἰάχει E.El.707

: [tense] pf. only in part. of the compd. ἀμφιαχυῖα (q. v.): ἰαχέω (q. v.) is commoner in [dialect] Att. Poets. (ϝιϝάχω, cf. Od.4.454, al.; when ϝ is observed ι is short and the sense [tense] pres. or [tense] impf.; when a preceding vowel is elided ι is long and the sense [tense] aor., as in

μεγάλ' ἴαχε Il.1.482

, al.: hence in the latter places μεγάλα ϝϝάχε etc. (καὶ εὔαχε ([etym.] ἔϝϝαχε) in 20.62, ἐν πρώτοισι ϝαχών in 19.424) is prob. cj.: -ᾰ-, exc. in [tense] impf. ῐᾱχον (v.l. ἴακχον) Ar.Av.l.c.: wāˇĝh- perh. cogn. with swāˇĝh- in

ἠχέω, ἀχέω B.

)