ἀλαλητός (cf. ἀλαλάζω, and for the reduplication also
ὀλολύζω, ἐλελεῦ, etc.): loud,
resounding yell, yelling, war-cry, of a tumultuous
throng; usually a triumphant outcry, but raised by the panic-stricken
victims of Achilles, Il. 21.10; in the
assembly, by a majority opposed to fighting, Od. 24.463.