ὀά

See also: ὀᾶ, ὄα, and ὄᾳ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ὀᾶ (oâ)

Etymology

Of expressive origin. Compare Latin vāh.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.á/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈa/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈa/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈa/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈa/

Interjection

ὀά • (oá)

(exclamation of pain) ah, woe, alas
Synonyms: αἴ (aí), οἴ (oí), οὐαί (ouaí)
- 472 BCE, Aeschylus, The Persians 117

References

“ὀά”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ὀά in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὀά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1041