Ancient Greek

Interjection

ἔα • ‎(éa)

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

Usage notes

Often doubled.

Verb

ἔα • ‎(éa) (Epic)

1. first-person singular imperfect indicative of εἰμί ‎(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 (© 2006–2016)
• “G1436”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, 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.