ἐλελεῦ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.le.lêu̯/ → /e.leˈleβ/ → /e.leˈlev/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.le.lêu̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.leˈlew/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.leˈleβ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.leˈlev/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.leˈlev/

Interjection

ἐλελεῦ • (eleleû)

1. a cry of pain or lament, woe, alas

Usage notes

Often used twice in succession.

Related terms

• ἐλελελεῦ (eleleleû, “war cry”)

References

• “ἐλελεῦ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐλελεῦ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐλελεῦ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐλελεῦ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)