A.sound, noise, ἠ. ἀμφοτέρων (sc. Ἀργείων καὶ Τρώων)“ ἵκετ᾽ αἰθέρα” Il.13.837: freq. in dat., “ἠχῇ, ὡς ὅτε κῦμα . . βρέμεται” 2.209; of trees, “πρὸς ἀλλήλας ἔβαλον τανυήκεας ὄζους ἠχῇ θεσπεσίῃ” 16.769; “πέτρη . . ἣ δέ τε ἠχῇ ἔρχεται ἐμμεμαυῖα” Hes.Sc.438; in Trag., cry of sorrow, wail, E.Med.149 (lyr.), Hipp.585 (lyr.), cf. Nic.Al.304; but also σάλπιγγος ἠ. E.Ph.1378; “ἐν ἐμοὶ ἡ ἠ. τῶν λόγων βομβεῖ” Pl.Cri.54d, cf. Ti. 37b; of the grasshopper, Longus 1.23: rarely of articulate sounds, E.Ph.1148, Opp.C.1.23; rumour, talk, Plu.Cat.Ma.22. (Perh. fr. swāĝh-, cf. ἰαχέω, OE. swógan 'resound', Engl. sough.)
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