- κωκύω
- κωκ-ύω [v. fin.], [tense] fut. -ύσω A.Ag.1313, -ύσομαι Ar.Lys. 1222: [tense] aor.A
ἐκώκῡσα S.Ant.28
; [dialect] Ep.κώκυσα Il.18.37
:—[voice] Med., AP7.412 (Alc. Mess.):—shriek, wail, in [dialect] Ep. and Trag. always of women, Il.18.37, Od.2.361, etc.;κλαῖον καὶ ἐκώκῠον 19.541
: freq. with Adv.,λίγ' ὲκώκῠε Il.19.284
, cf. Od.4.259, etc.; ὀξὺ δὲ κωκύσασα (opp. βαρὺ στενάχων, of the man) Il.18.71;κώκῡσεν δὲ μάλα μέγα 22.407
: also in late Prose, Plu.2.357c, etc.; even of men, Luc.DMort.21.1, Longus 2.21; and so Ar., as an execration,μακρὰ κωκύειν κελεύω σε Ra.34
;οἰμώζοι γ' ἂν καὶ κωκύοι Ec.648
.2 c. acc., lament or shriek over one dead, also prop. of women,κώκυσ' ἐν λεχέεσσιν ἑὸν πόσιν Od.24.295
;ἐμὴν μοῖραν κ. A.Ag.1313
, cf. S.Ant.28, al.: Com., of men,κωκύσεσθε τὰς τρίχας μακρά Ar.Lys.1222
: also in late Prose, as Porph.Abst.4.9, etc. (Cf. Skt. káuti 'cry' (intens. kokūyatē), Lith. kaũkli 'shriek', etc.) [[pron. full] ῠ in Hom. before a vowel, [pron. full] ῡ before a conson. (v. supr.): later [pron. full] ῡ sts. before a vowel,κωκῡοι Ar.Ec.
l.c., κωκῡουσα Bion 1.23, Q.S.3.779, κωκῡεσκε ib.460.]
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