ἔα

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See also: -έα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.a/

Interjection

ἔᾱ • (éā)

(exclamation of surprise or displeasure, especially before a question) ha!, oho!, gak!

Usage notes

Often doubled.

Verb

ἔᾱ • (éā) (Epic)

first-person singular imperfect indicative of εἰμῐ́ (eimí)

References

“ἔα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἔα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“ἔα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ἔα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἔα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
ἔα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
G1436 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ah idem, page 20.
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- let idem, page 486.
- peace idem, page 600.
- truce idem, page 898.

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