ih ἰήἰή[ῐ], exclam. of joy or enthusiasm, ἰή, ἰή, ἰή, Ar.Pax195; esp. used in the cult of Apollo, ἰὴ παιών ib.453, al.; ἰὴ παιῆονCall.Ap.21, 103, Hec.1.1.10; ἀλαλαὶ ἰὴ παιήωνAr.Lys.1291; cf. ἰέ. of grief, A.Pers.1004, Supp.114, Ag.1485 (all lyr.). (ἵη v.l. in Call.Ap.ll.cc., where it is associated with ἵει, imper. of ἵημι.)
ihios ἰήϊοςἰήϊος, α, ον, also ος, ον (v. infr. 11), epith. of Apollo, the god invoked with the cryἰή or ἰὴ παιών (v. ἰή), ἰήϊε παιάνPi.Pae.2.35, cf. A.Ag.146, S.OT154 (both lyr.), 1096, Ar.V.874, A.R.2.702, Duris79J.mournful, grievous, ἰήϊοι κάματοιS.OT174 (lyr.); ἰήϊος βοά, γόος, a cry of mourning, E.Ph.1036, El.1211 (both lyr.). (From the cry ἰή, as Εὔιος from εὐοἵ; but also associated with ἰάομαι, Hsch. (hence applied to Asclepius, IG3.171); and, as ἱήϊος, with ἵημι, Hsch., Macr.Sat.1.17.16.)