βοή,
Doric dialect βοά, ἡ, loud cry, shout, in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly battle-cry, βοὴν ἀγαθός [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.408, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; βοᾶς δ᾽ ἔτι μηδ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ εἴη let there be not even the name of war, [[Thcoc. 16.97 ] Refs]; later of prayer, Ἑλληνικὸν νόμισμα θυστάδος β. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 269 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κακοφάτιδα β. cry of mourning, [[ [prev. author] “Pers.” 936 (Lyric poetry); β. καὶ οἶκτος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.48; κραυγὴ καὶ β. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 54.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, song of joy, ἴτω ξύναυλος βοὰ χαρᾷ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 879 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.67, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 212 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of oracles, ἀείδουσα.. βοὰς ἂς ἂν Ἀπόλλων κελαδήσῃ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 92 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; shout, murmur of a crowd, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 700c (_plural_); θόρυβος καὶ β. [prev. author] “Ti.” 70e ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, roar of the sea, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.48 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; sound of musical instruments, αὐλοὶ φόρμιγγές τε βοὴν ἔχον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.495, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.8, “P.” 10.39 (_plural_); β. σάλπιγγος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 394 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; cry of birds, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1021; θηρίων β. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1085 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βοὴν θωΰσσειν, ἀϋτεῖν, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 335, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1092 (Lyric poetry); ἐφθέγξατο βοή τις [prev. author] “IT” 1386; βοάσομαι τὰν ὑπέρτονον βοάν 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 46 (Lyric poetry); βοὴν ἱστάναι 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 196.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅσον καὶ ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕνεκα as far as sound went, only in appearance, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.92, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.31. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]