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

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.ôi̯/ → /eˈβy/ → /eˈvi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.ôi̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈwy/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈβy/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈvy/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈvi/

Interjection

εὐοῖ • (euoî)

1. The cry used by worshipers of Dionysus.

Related terms

• εὐάζω (euázō)
• εὐάν (euán)
• εὐαί (euaí)
• εὖα (eûa)

Descendants

• → Latin: euhoe
• → English: euoi

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