ἰώ , an exclam., chiefly in dramatic poetry (lyr.); freq. repeated twice, rarely three times, as A. Supp. 125 ; esp. in invoking aid, ἰ. μάκαρες, ἰ. θεοί , Id. Th. 96 , S. Ph. 736 ; ἰ. ἰ. Παιάν Id. Tr
ἰώ, an exclam., chiefly in dramatic poetry (lyr.); freq. repeated twice, rarely three times, as A. Supp. 125 ; esp. in invoking aid,ἰ. μάκαρες, ἰ. θεοί, Id. Th. 96 , S. Ph. 736 ;
A.
ἰ. ἰ. Παιάν
Id. Tr. 222
; ἰ. Βάκχαι
E. Ba. 578
.
2. freq. also of grief or suffering,oh!
ἰ. δύστανος
S. Ant. 850
; ἰ. μοί μοι
Id. OC 199
, etc.; ἰ. κακοπάρθενε Μοῖρα
AP 7.468
( Mel. );ἰ. Σπάρταib. 434 ( Diosc. ): c. gen., ἰ., πάτερ, σοῦ τῶν τε . . τέκνων
A. Ag. 1305
; ἰ. μοι πόνων
E. Ph. 1290
; ἰ. ἰ. τραυμάτων
Ar. Ach. 1205
.
3. rarely in Prose,ἰ., φασί τινες, of an objector, Gal. Thras. 32 .
II. with other Interj., ἰ. ὢ ὤ
S. OC 224
; ἒ ἒ ἰ.
Id. El. 840
. [ῐ: yet sts.ῑ, in anap., A. Ag. 1455 , S. El. 149 , E. Alc. 741 .]
