Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠρύομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠρύομαι

Structure: ὠρύ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: Formed from the sound.

Sense

  1. to howl
  2. to howl over

Examples

  • ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ὠρύοντο λέοντεσ καὶ ἔδωκαν τὴν φωνὴν αὐτῶν, οἳ ἔταξαν τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ εἰσ ἔρημον, καὶ αἱ πόλεισ αὐτοῦ κατεσκάφησαν παρὰ τὸ μὴ κατοικεῖσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 2:14)
  • οὐ κύνεσ ὠρύοντο καὶ οὐ μυκήσατο ταῦροσ, μούνη δ’ ἠνεμόεσσα, βοῆσ ἀδίδακτοσ ἐοῦσα, Ἰδαίων ὀρέων ἀντίθροοσ ἰάχεν Ἠχώ. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 158)
  • κύνεσ τε γὰρ ὠρύοντο ὁμαλῶσ οἱᾶ λύκοι, σύμβολον ἀηδέσ, καὶ λύκοι τὴν ἀγορὰν διέθεον, οὐκ ἐπιχωριάζον ἐν πόλει ζῷον, βοῦσ τε φωνὴν ἀφῆκεν ἀνθρώπου, καὶ βρέφοσ ἀρτίτοκον ἐφθέγξατο, καὶ τῶν ξοάνων τὰ μὲν ἵδρου, τὰ δὲ καὶ αἷμα ἵδρου, ἀνδρῶν τε μεγάλαι βοαὶ καὶ κτύποσ ὅπλων καὶ δρόμοσ ἵππων οὐχ ὁρωμένων ἠκούετο. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 4, chapter 1 4:2)
  • οἱ κύνεσ συνιόντεσ ἐσ τὸ αὐτὸ ἀνὰ πᾶσαν νύκτα ὠρύοντο, τέλοσ δὲ καὶ ἀπεχώρησαν ἀθρόοι πρὸσ τὸ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων στρατόπεδον. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 13 2:5)

Synonyms

  1. to howl

  2. to howl over

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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