Ancient Greek

Interjection

ἐλελεῦ (eleleu)

1. a cry of pain or lament, woe, alas

Usage notes

Often used twice in succession.

Related terms

• ἐλελελεῦ ‎(eleleleû, “war cry”)

References

• ἐλελεῦ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐλελεῦ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «ἐλελεῦ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἐλελεῦ» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)