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ἀλα^λ-άζω , fut. -άξομαι v.l. in E.Ba.593,
A.-άξωLXX Ez. 27.30: aor. “ἠλάλαξαE.HF981, X. (v. infr.), poet. “ἀλάλαξαPi.O.7.37:—Med., S.Fr.534, Arr.An.5.10.3: (formed from the cry ἀλαλαί): —raise the war-cry, τῷ Ἐνυαλίῳ ἠλάλαξαν (as v.l. for ἠλέλιξαν) X.An.5.2.14, cf.6.5.27; Med., Arr.l.c.: c.acc. cogn., νίκην ἀλαλάζειν shout the shout of victory, S.Ant.133.
2. generally, cry, shout aloud, Pi.l.c., E.El.855; esp. in orgiastic rites, A.Fr.57; of Bacchus and Bacchae, E.Ba.593 (in Med.), 1133, etc.; “ὠλόλυξαν αἱ γυναῖκες, ἠλάλαξαν δὲ οἱ ἄνδρεςHld.3.5.
3. rarely of a cry of pain or grief, “ἠλάλαζε δυσθνἥσκων φόνὡE.El.843, LXX Je.4.8, al., Ev.Marc. 5.38, Plu.Luc28.
II. rarely also of other sounds than the voice, sound loudly, “ψαλμὸς δ᾽ ἀλαλάζειA.Fr.57; “κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον1 Ep.Cor.13.1.—Poet. word, used by X. and in late Prose.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 1133
    • Euripides, Bacchae, 593
    • Euripides, Electra, 843
    • Euripides, Electra, 855
    • Euripides, Heracles, 981
    • New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 13.1
    • New Testament, Mark, 5.38
    • Old Testament, Jeremiah, 4.8
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 133
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 5.2.14
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 6.5.27
    • Sophocles, Ichneutae, 534
    • Old Testament, Ezekiel, 27.30
    • Arrian, Anabasis, 5.10.3
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