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ἔα

ἔα, ha! oho!

ἔᾱ, exclam. of surprise or displeasure,
  • ha! oho! esp. before a question, ἔα, τί χρῆμα; A. Pr. 300, E. Or. 1573; ἔα, τίς οὗτος . .; Id. Hec. 501, cf. 733, al.; ἔα, τίς ἔσθʼ; Ar. Pl. 824; sts. extra versum, E. Hec. 1116, Med. 1005, al.; sts. doubled, ἔ. ἔα, ἄπεχε A. Pr. 688 (lyr.); ἔα [ἔα], ἰδού S. OC 1477 (lyr.).—Rare in Prose, ἔα, ἔφη, σοφισταί τινες Pl. Prt. 314d; ἔα, τί ἡμῖν καὶ σοί; Ev.Luc. 4.34.
ἔᾱ, Ep. and Ion. for ἦν, impf. of εἰμί. ἔᾱγα, ἐάγην [ᾰ], v. ἄγνυμι. ἔακεν· ἀλγεῖ, Hsch. ἕᾱδα, part. ἑᾱδώς, v. ἁνδάνω. ἐάλη, v. εἴλω. ἐαλόν· λυπηρόν, λυτήριον, Hsch. ἑάλωκα, ἑαλώκειν, v. ἁλίσκομαι.

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