βοάω
α-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
βοάω
Structure:
βοά
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to cry aloud, to shout, men ready to shout
- to sound, resound, roar, howl, it proclaims
- to call to one, call on
- to call for, shout out for
- to noise abroad
- to cry aloud or command in a loud voice
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- φωνὴ βοῶντοσ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ. ἑτοιμάσατε τὴν ὁδὸν Κυρίου. εὐθείασ ποιεῖτε τὰσ τρίβουσ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 40:3)
- Καθέζεσθαι οὖν με παρ’ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆσ κλίνησ ὁ Εὐκράτησ ἐκέλευεν, ἠρέμα ἐγκλίνασ τῇ φωνῇ εἰσ τὸ ἀσθενικὸν ὁπότε εἶδέ με, καίτοι βοῶντοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ διατεινομένου τι μεταξὺ εἰσιὼν ἐπήκουον. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 6:7)
- ἔχε λαβών καὶ γὰρ ἄσμενοι ἀπαλλαξόμεθα ἐνοχλοῦντοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ βοῶντοσ καὶ ἅπαντασ ἁπαξαπλῶσ ὑβρίζοντοσ καὶ ἀγορεύοντοσ κακῶσ. (Lucian, Vitarum auctio, (no name) 11:7)
- ἡ δὲ Κικέρωνοσ ἐν τοῖσ λόγοισ ἀμετρία τῆσ περιαυτολογίασ ἀκρασίαν τινὰ κατηγόρει πρὸσ δόξαν, βοῶντοσ ὡσ τὰ ὅπλα ἔδει τῇ τηβέννῳ καὶ τῇ γλώττῃ τὴν θριαμβικὴν ὑπείκειν δάφνην. (Plutarch, Comparison of Demosthenes with Cicero, chapter 2 1:2)
- τοῦ δὲ δήμου βοῶντοσ μὴ καταλείψειν παρ’ αὐτοῖσ ἐμὲ μόνον, ἧκέν τισ ἀγγέλλων κρύφα τοῖσ περὶ τὸν Ιἠσοῦν Ιωἄννην μετὰ τῶν ὁπλιτῶν πλησιάζειν. (Flavius Josephus, 359:1)
Synonyms
-
to cry aloud
-
to call to one
-
to call for
-
to noise abroad
-
to cry aloud or command in a loud voice
Derived
- ἀναβοάω (to shout aloud, utter a loud cry, a war-cry)
- διαβοάω (to shout out, proclaim, publish)
- ἐκβοάω (to call out, cry aloud)
- ἐμβοάω (to call upon, shout to)
- ἐπαναβοάω (to cry out)
- ἐπιβοάω (to call upon or to, cry out to, to utter or sing aloud over)
- καταβοάω (to cry down, cry out against, to bawl down)
- προβοάω (to shout before, cry aloud)
- προσβοάομαι (to call to oneself, call in)
- συμβοάω (to shout together with, to call on, at once)
- συναναβοάω (to cry out together)