αἰ

αἰ, [dialect] Dor. and [dialect] Aeol. for εἰ,

A if, Epich.55,170, before a vowel

αἰκ Id.21

, Sophr.25:—in Hom. only αἴ κε or κεν, if only, so that, always c. subj., exc. in or. obliq., as Il.7.387; [dialect] Dor.

αἴκᾱ Epich.35

, Theoc. 1.4,al.

II αἲ γάρ (with accent), [dialect] Ep. for εἰ γάρ, O that! would that! c. opt., Il.7.132,al., cf. Hdt.1.27; once c. inf.,

αἲ γάρ . . παῖδά τ' ἐμὴν ἐχέμεν καὶ ἐμὸς γαμβρὸς καλέεσθαι Od.7.311

.—Cf. αἴθε.