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.
- δείν’ ἐν Ἀργείοισ βοᾶται . (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, trochees15)
- Οὔτι μάταν θνατοῖσι φάτισ τοιάδε βοᾶται ͅ ὡσ Οὐ πάντα θεοὶ πᾶσιν ἔδωκαν ἔχειν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 49)
- οὔτι μάταν θνατοῖσι φάτισ τοιάδε βοᾶται, ὡσ οὐ πάντα θεοὶ πᾶσιν ἔδωκαν ἔχειν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 961)
- μόνοσ γὰρ οὗτοσ τῶν εἰσ κοινὸν πολιτευσαμένων πλείστασ τε καὶ καλλίστασ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἑκάστοτε κτησάμενοσ νίκασ, οὐδαμοῦ δὲ ἡττηθεὶσ, οὐδὲ τῆσ προσούσησ εὐψυχίασ οὐδὲ καθ’ ὁντιναδήποτε τρόπον ἔλαττον σχὼν, οὐ μόνον παρ’ οὐδενὸσ ἐπεσπάσατο φθόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡσ τὰ μέγιστα τὴν πόλιν εὖ πεποιηκὼσ παρὰ πάντων βοᾶται, τοῦτο μὲν πρὸσ πολλοῖσ ἄλλοισ καὶ Λακεδαιμονίουσ οὕτω καταναυμαχήσασ ἐν Νάξῳ, ὡσ ἑβδομήκοντα δή που τριήρεισ καὶ τρισχιλίουσ αἰχμαλωτοὺσ λαβεῖν, τοῦτο δ’ ἑπτακαίδεκα παραστησάμενοσ πόλεισ, δέκα δὲ καὶ ἑκατὸν ἀπὸ τῶν πολεμίων τάλαντ’ ἀποφήνασ ἡμῖν, καὶ τὸ ξύμπαν εἰπεῖν θαυμαστὸσ διὰ πάντων φανείσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 85:1)
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)