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.
- ἐνεπλήσθη ἡ πόλισ βοώντων. οἱ τραυματίαι σου οὐ τραυματίαι μαχαίρασ, οὐδὲ οἱ νεκροί σου νεκροὶ πολέμων. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 22:2)
- ὅτι μὲν γὰρ ἀεὶ καὶ σὺ ἀκούεισ ἐν ταῖσ τῶν φιλοσόφων διατριβαῖσ, οἶδα,^ εἰ μὴ καὶ κωφόσ τισ εἶ,^ ὡσ βοώντων αὐτῶν μὴ ἐπαϊείν. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 13:6)
- τὰ μὲν οὖν τῆσ γυμνῆσ ἀγωνίασ αὐτίκα ἐδόκει αὐτῷ ἀδύνατον εἶναι μήτε πρὸσ ἰσχὺν μήτε πρὸσ ὠκύτητα εὖ πεφυκότι, κιθάρᾳ δὲ καὶ ᾠδῇ ῥᾳδίωσ κρατήσειν ἐπείσθη ὑπὸ καταράτων ἀνθρώπων οὓσ εἶχε περὶ αὑτὸν ἐπαινούντων καὶ βοώντων ὁπότε καὶ τὸ σμικρότατον ἐκεῖνοσ ἀνακρούσαιτο. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 8:3)
- οἱ δ’ οὖν βοώντων· (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Prologue 6:15)
- ὃσ γὰρ ἔτι ἑνὸσ πλοίου τουτουὶ δεσπότησ ὢν παρήκουεσ βοώντων, εἰ πέντε κτήσαιο πρὸσ τούτῳ τριάρμενα πάντα καὶ ἀνώλεθρα, οὐδὲ ὄψει δηλαδὴ τοὺσ φίλουσ. (Lucian, 25:4)
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)