αἴ
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Appears 158 times across Homer's epics.
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Iliad 95 ▸
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Book 2 3 ▸
Book 4 7 ▸
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Book 9 5 ▸
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Book 11 5 ▸
Book 12 1 ▸
Book 13 4 ▸
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Book 15 1 ▸
Book 16 5 ▸
Book 17 3 ▸
Book 18 11 ▸
Book 19 2 ▸
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Book 21 2 ▸
Book 22 3 ▸
Book 23 3 ▸
Book 24 5 ▸
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Odyssey 63 ▸
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Book 2 5 ▸
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Book 4 5 ▸
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Book 7 1 ▸
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Book 11 2 ▸
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Book 14 1 ▸
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Book 16 1 ▸
Book 17 7 ▸
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Book 20 3 ▸
Book 21 6 ▸
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Book 23 1 ▸
Book 24 4 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
αἴ or αἶ (authorities vary, cf. Hdn.Gr.1.496, Tz. ad Lyc. 31), A. interj. of astonishment or grief:—αἲ τάλαν Ar. Pl. 706, cf. Min. Oxy. 413.73: c. acc., αἲ τὸν Ἄδωνιν Bion 1.32; freq. doubled αἰαῖ (Hdn.Gr.2.933), Thgn. 1341, B. 5.153, A. Th. 787, Alciphr. Fr. 4: c.gen., αἰαῖ τόλμας E. Hipp. 814 (lyr.), cf. A. Ch. 1007, Alciphr. 3.67, etc.: c. acc., αἰαῖ Ἄδωνιν Ar. Lys. 393, cf. Bion 1.28; αἰαῖ πέτρον ἐκεῖνον AP 7.554 (Phil.), cf. 9.424 (Duris Elait.). [αῐαῑ generally, sometimes αῑαῑ, as A. Th. l.c.]
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