ἔα

See also: ἑά and -έα

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 Medieval) 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!
   • c. 479 BCE – 430 BCE, Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 300–301:

     Προμηθευς:
     ἔα· τί χρῆμα λεύσσω; καὶ σὺ δὴ πόνων ἐμῶν
     ἥκεις ἐπόπτης; […]

     Promētheus:
     éa; tí khrêma leússō? kaì sù dḕ pónōn emôn
     hḗkeis epóptēs? […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 408 BCE, Euripides, Orestes 1573:

     Μενέλαος: Ἔα, τί χρῆμα; Λαμπάδων ὁρῶ σέλας, […]

     Menélaos: Éa, tí khrêma? Lampádōn horô sélas, […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 314d:

     […] ἔα, ἔφη, σοφισταί τινες: οὐ σχολὴ αὐτῷ: […]

     […] éa, éphē, sophistaí tines: ou skholḕ autōî: […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

Often doubled.

Verb

ἔᾱ • (éā)

1. (Attic) second-person singular present active imperative of ἐάω (eáō)
2. (Epic) first-person singular imperfect active indicative of εἰμῐ́ (eimĭ́)

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 (2006–2026)
• Strong, James (1979), “G1436”, in 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.