ἰάχω

A. ἰάχεσκε Hes. Sc. 232; 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. AP 5.298.10 (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 AP 7.194 (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.—Ep. only 3 sg. and pl. impf. and part.: pres. ἰάχει E. El. 707: pf. only in part. of the compd. ἀμφιαχυῖα (q. v.): ἰαχέω (q. v.) is commoner in Att. Poets. (vιvάχω, cf. Od. 4.454, al.; when v is observed ι is short and the sense pres. or impf.; when a preceding vowel is elided ι is long and the sense aor., as in μεγάλ’ ἴαχε Il. 1.482, al.: hence in the latter places μεγάλα vvάχε etc. (καὶ εὔαχε(ἔvvαχε) in 20.62, ἐν πρώτοισι vαχών in 19.424) is prob. cj.: ‐α‐, exc. in impf. ιαχον (v.l. ἴακχον) Ar. Av.l.c.: wāˇĝh- perh. cogn. with swāˇĝh- in ἠχέω, ἀχέω B.)