οὐαί
See also: ουαί
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editTraditionally compared with the set Latin vae, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹 (wai), etc., from Proto-Indo-European *wáy, but it is not derivable from there through regular sound laws. Beekes argues for a Semitic loanword; compare e.g. Hebrew אוֹי (oy). Cognacy with Sanskrit उवे (uve) through *uwáy is likewise not without phonological problems. Ultimately expressive.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /uː.ǎi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /uˈɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /uˈɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /uˈe/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /uˈe/
Interjection
editοὐαί • (ouaí)
- (exclamation of pain and anger) ah, woe, alas
- Οὐαὶ τοῖς ἡττημένοις.
- Ouaì toîs hēttēménois.
- Woe to the conquered.
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “οὐαί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “οὐαί”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- οὐαί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G3759 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- 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
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek interjections
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