εὐοῖ
See also: εὐοἵ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From an epithet of Dionysus, Εὔιος (Eúios) or Εὐάν (Euán), probably from εὖ (eû, “good”) + υἱός (huiós, “son”) (implying "Well done, my son", said by Zeus to Dionysus after he won a fight in the Gigantomachy),[1] or from εὖ (eû, “good”) + οἶνος (oînos, “wine”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.ôi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈwy/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈβy/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈvy/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈvi/
Interjection
εὐοῖ • (euoî)
- The cry used by worshipers of Dionysus.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “εὐοῖ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὐοῖ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers