αἴ

See also: αι, -αι, αι., αἰ, αἱ, αἵ, αϊ, άι, Αϊ, Αϊ-, Άι, and Appendix:Variations of "ai"

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Of expressive origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǎi̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe/

Interjection

αἴ • (aí)

expresses astonishment or grief
Synonyms: οὐαί (ouaí), οἴ (oí), ὀά (oá)

Alternative forms

αἶ (aî), αἰαῖ (aiaî)

Derived terms

αἰάζω (aiázō)

References

“αἴ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“αἴ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
αἶ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30
Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980), “αἴ”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, pages 28-9

Etymology 2

Pronoun

αἴ • (aí)

oxytone form of αἰ (ai, feminine nominative plural of ὀ (o, Cretan and Lesbian form of ὁ (ho, relative pronoun)))
Cretan and Lesbian form of αἵ (haí, oxytone form of αἱ (hai, feminine nominative plural of ὁ (ho, relative pronoun)))