ἰα

ἰα

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `cry, lament, voice' (Orac. ap. Hdt. 1, 85, A., E. in lyr.).

Other forms: Ion. ἰή f.

Derivatives: Beside it as interjection ἰαί (S., Ar.) and ἰή (A. in lyr., Ar., Call.) with ἰήιος adjunct of Apollon "who is called with ἰή (παιών)" (Pi., trag. in lyr.), also `lamenting, sad' (S., E. in lyr.); denomin. verb ἰάζω `cry aloud' (Theognost.).

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]

Etymology: Elementary creation like ἰώ, ἰού etc. (Schwyzer-Debrunner 600); from the interjection arose the noun. - Cf. ἰόμωροι, ἰάλεμος, auch Ἴωνες and ἰωῄ.

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