eia

See also: EIA and -eia

Latin

Alternative forms

• eja
• heia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯.a/, [ˈɛi̯ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯.a/, [ˈɛi̯ä]

Interjection

eia

1. aha! come now! come on! (expressing delight, playful remonstrance, encouragement)

References

• “eia”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “eia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• eia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• eia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for schools and colleges founded on comparative grammar, edited by J. B. Greenough, G. L. Kittredge, A. A. Howard, Benj. L. D'Ooge, p. 139: "The following list comprises most of the Interjections in common use:— [...] êia [...]"

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Portuguese

Interjection

eia!

1. come on!