ὀλολύζω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀλολῡ́ττω (ololū́ttō)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic reduplicated formation, with the same ending of ἰύζω (iúzō, “to shout, yell”). Similar formations, genetically cognate or of identical structure, are Latin ululō (“I howl”), Sanskrit उलूलि (ulūli, “a howling, crying aloud”), Lithuanian uluti (“howl”), all with u. Beside these stands this verb, with dissimilation ο-υ or perhaps ablauting to ἐλελεῦ (eleleû, “woe, alas”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.lo.ly̌ːz.dɔː/ → /o.loˈly.zo/ → /o.loˈli.zo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.lo.ly̌ːz.dɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.loˈly.zo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.loˈly.zo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.loˈly.zo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.loˈli.zo/

Verb

ὀλολῡ́ζω • (ololū́zō)

1. (especially of women) to cry aloud to the gods in prayer or thanksgiving, either with jubilant voice or in lamentation

Conjugation

   Present: ὀλολῡ́ζω

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὀλολῡ́ζω	ὀλολῡ́ζεις	ὀλολῡ́ζει	ὀλολῡ́ζετον	ὀλολῡ́ζετον	ὀλολῡ́ζομεν	ὀλολῡ́ζετε	ὀλολῡ́ζουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ὀλολῡ́ζω	ὀλολῡ́ζῃς	ὀλολῡ́ζῃ	ὀλολῡ́ζητον	ὀλολῡ́ζητον	ὀλολῡ́ζωμεν	ὀλολῡ́ζητε	ὀλολῡ́ζωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ὀλολῡ́ζοιμῐ	ὀλολῡ́ζοις	ὀλολῡ́ζοι	ὀλολῡ́ζοιτον	ὀλολῡζοίτην	ὀλολῡ́ζοιμεν	ὀλολῡ́ζοιτε	ὀλολῡ́ζοιεν
	imperative		ὀλόλῡζε	ὀλολῡζέτω	ὀλολῡ́ζετον	ὀλολῡζέτων		ὀλολῡ́ζετε	ὀλολῡζόντων
		active
infinitive		ὀλολῡ́ζειν
participle	m	ὀλολῡ́ζων
	f	ὀλολῡ́ζουσᾰ
	n	ὀλολῦζον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: ὀλολῡ́ξω, ὀλολῡ́ξομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὀλολῡ́ξω	ὀλολῡ́ξεις	ὀλολῡ́ξει	ὀλολῡ́ξετον	ὀλολῡ́ξετον	ὀλολῡ́ξομεν	ὀλολῡ́ξετε	ὀλολῡ́ξουσῐ(ν)
	optative	ὀλολῡ́ξοιμῐ	ὀλολῡ́ξοις	ὀλολῡ́ξοι	ὀλολῡ́ξοιτον	ὀλολῡξοίτην	ὀλολῡ́ξοιμεν	ὀλολῡ́ξοιτε	ὀλολῡ́ξοιεν
middle	indicative	ὀλολῡ́ξομαι	ὀλολῡ́ξῃ, ὀλολῡ́ξει	ὀλολῡ́ξεται	ὀλολῡ́ξεσθον	ὀλολῡ́ξεσθον	ὀλολῡξόμεθᾰ	ὀλολῡ́ξεσθε	ὀλολῡ́ξονται
	optative	ὀλολῡξοίμην	ὀλολῡ́ξοιο	ὀλολῡ́ξοιτο	ὀλολῡ́ξοισθον	ὀλολῡξοίσθην	ὀλολῡξοίμεθᾰ	ὀλολῡ́ξοισθε	ὀλολῡ́ξοιντο
		active			middle
infinitive		ὀλολῡ́ξειν			ὀλολῡ́ξεσθαι
participle	m	ὀλολῡ́ξων			ὀλολῡξόμενος
	f	ὀλολῡ́ξουσᾰ			ὀλολῡξομένη
	n	ὀλολῦξον			ὀλολῡξόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: ὠλόλῡξᾰ

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ὠλόλῡξᾰ	ὠλόλῡξᾰς	ὠλόλῡξε(ν)	ὠλολῡ́ξᾰτον	ὠλολῡξᾰ́την	ὠλολῡ́ξᾰμεν	ὠλολῡ́ξᾰτε	ὠλόλῡξᾰν
	subjunctive	ὀλολῡ́ξω	ὀλολῡ́ξῃς	ὀλολῡ́ξῃ	ὀλολῡ́ξητον	ὀλολῡ́ξητον	ὀλολῡ́ξωμεν	ὀλολῡ́ξητε	ὀλολῡ́ξωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ὀλολῡ́ξαιμῐ	ὀλολῡ́ξειᾰς, ὀλολῡ́ξαις	ὀλολῡ́ξειε(ν), ὀλολῡ́ξαι	ὀλολῡ́ξαιτον	ὀλολῡξαίτην	ὀλολῡ́ξαιμεν	ὀλολῡ́ξαιτε	ὀλολῡ́ξειᾰν, ὀλολῡ́ξαιεν
	imperative		ὀλόλῡξον	ὀλολῡξᾰ́τω	ὀλολῡ́ξᾰτον	ὀλολῡξᾰ́των		ὀλολῡ́ξᾰτε	ὀλολῡξᾰ́ντων
		active
infinitive		ὀλολῦξαι
participle	m	ὀλολῡ́ξᾱς
	f	ὀλολῡ́ξᾱσᾰ
	n	ὀλολῦξᾰν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἀνολολῡ́ζω (anololū́zō)
• ἐπολολῡζω (epololūzō)
• ὀλολῡγή (ololūgḗ)
• ὀλόλῡγμα (olólūgma)
• ὀλολῡγμός (ololūgmós)
• ὀλολῡγών (ololūgṓn)
• ὀλολυκτόλης (ololuktólēs)
• ὀλολύκτρῐᾱ (ololúktriā)

 

Further reading

• “ὀλολύζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὀλολύζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὀλολύζω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὀλολύζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὀλολύζω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN