- ἰήϊος
- ἰήϊοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: adjunct of Apollon, "who is called with ἰή (παιών)", also ἰήϊε παιάν; also of βοά, γόος, κάματοι `accompanied by laments' (Pi., Trag. in lyr., A. R.).Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]Etymology: From the interjection ἰή (A., Ar., Call.; to which pl. ἰῆτε (Pi. P. 6, 120), but rather a form of ἵημι; thus ἱή Call. H.Ap. 103; see Strunk Glotta 38 (1960) 79-82); Wackernagel Philol. 95, 184 = Kl. Schr. 2, 883). Here ἰάζω `cry' (Theognost.). Cf. ἤϊε and Εὔιος. - By the ancients wrongly derived from ἵημι ("ἀπὸ τῆς ἀφέσεως καὶ τοξείας" H.).Page in Frisk: 1,714
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