ἆ

Appears 14 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 7
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Book 11 3
Chapter ?

11441
11452
11816
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16837
Book 17 2
Chapter ?

17201
17443
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24518
Odyssey 7
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Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10431
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11618
Book 14 1
Chapter ?

14361
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18389
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

20351
Book 21 2
Chapter ?

2186
21288

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἆ, A. exclamation expressing pity, envy, contempt, etc., in Hom. always ἆ δειλέ, ἆ δειλώ, ἆ δειλοί, Il. 11.441, 17.443, Od. 20.351, cf. Thgn. 351, Theoc. Ep. 6; also in Lyr., Archil. 135, and Trag., A. Ag. 1087, etc.; in reproofs or warnings, ἆ, μηδαμῶς . . S. Ph. 1300, cf. OT 1147, E. Hel. 445, etc.:—freq. with adj., ἆ μάκαρ Thgn. 1013, Choeril. 1; ἆ τάλας Semon. 7.76, cf. B. 15.30; ἆ τρισευδαίμων Id. 3.10; rarely alone, Ar. Ra. 759; sts. doubled, ἆ ἆ A. Pr. 114,566, Ar. V. 1379. —Rare in Prose, Pl. Hp.Ma. 295a (Euclus ap. Sch. ad loc. is said to have used it = νῦν).

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