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.
- καὶ εἶπαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ πρὸσ Σαμουήλ. μὴ παρασιωπήσῃσ ἀφ̓ ἡμῶν τοῦ μὴ βοᾶν πρὸσ Κύριον Θεόν σου, καὶ σώσει ἡμᾶσ ἐκ χειρὸσ ἀλλοφύλων. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 7:8)
- καὶ ἐβόησαν ἄνδρεσ Ἰούδα καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ βοᾶν ἄνδρασ Ἰούδα καὶ Κύριοσ ἐπάταξε τὸν Ἱεροβοὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐναντίον Ἀβιὰ καὶ Ἰούδα. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 13:15)
- ἕτερον δὲ τεράστιον ἄνθρωπον, τράγῳ τὰ νέρθεν ἐοικότα,’ κομήτην τὰ σκέλη, κέρατα ἔχοντα, βαθυπώγωνα, ὀργίλον καὶ θυμικόν, θατέρᾳ μὲν σύριγγα φέροντα, τῇ δεξιᾷ δὲ ῥάβδον καμπύλην ἐπηρμένον καὶ περισκιρτῶντα ὅλον τὸ στρατόπεδον, καὶ τὰ γύναια δὲ φοβεῖσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ σείειν ἠνεμωμένασ τὰσ κόμασ, ὁπότε προσίοι, καὶ βοᾶν εὐοῖ· (Lucian, (no name) 2:4)
- οὐδεὶσ γὰρ δὴ πρὸσ ἑαυτὸν δεῖται βοᾶν. (Lucian, (no name) 15:3)
- τὰ δ’ ἡμέτερα πάνυ ῥᾷστα, ὡσ οἶσθα,, καὶ ἐσ μίμησιν πρόχειρα ‐ τὰ προφανῆ λέγω ‐ καὶ οὐ πολλῆσ τῆσ πραγματείασ δεῖ τριβώνιον περιβαλέσθαι καὶ πήραν ἐξαρτήσασθαι καὶ ξύλον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ ἔχειν καὶ βοᾶν, μᾶλλον δὲ ὀγκᾶσθαι ἢ ὑλακτεῖν, καὶ λοιδορεῖσθαι ἅπασιν· (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 14:1)
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)