ἔα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.aː/ → /ˈe.a/ → /ˈe.a/

• (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)

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

Usage notes

Often doubled.

Verb

ἔᾱ • (éā) (Epic)

1. 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ah idem, page 20.
  • ha idem, page 380.
  • let idem, page 486.
  • peace idem, page 600.
  • truce idem, page 898.