Related to: ἰού
or ἰοῦ (see. entry near the end), Interj., a loud cry expressive of sorrow, joy, or surprise,
__1 of grief of annoyance, usually twice repeated, ἰοὺ ἰού [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.209 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἰ. ἰ. δύστηνος or δύστηνε, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1143, “OT” 1071 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἰ. ἰ. βοᾶν, κεκραγέναι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 543, “Pax” 345: with _genitive_, ἰ. ἰ. τῶν.. κιγκλίδων 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Caesares” 330d: rarely once, φῦ (φεῦ codices), ἰ. τῆς ἀσβόλου 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 245; or thrice, [prev. author] “Pax” 110 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with other Interj., ἰ. ἰ. ὢ ὢ κακά [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1214; ἰ. ἰ. πόπαξ [prev. author] “Eu.” 143 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 of joyful surprise, hallo!, hurrah!, [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 25, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 464, 576, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1096, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 432d, “Grg.” 499b, “Smp.” 223a. (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 345, 316 says that ἰοὺ ἰού is of woe, ἰοῦ ἰοῦ] Refs 5th c.BC+] of joy: the rule is not observed in codices In Attic dialect Poets it sometimes stands extra versum, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 25, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1.) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]