ἆ

ἆ, 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. OT1147, E.Hel.445, etc.:—freq. with adj.,

A

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 (Euclusap.Sch. ad loc. is said to have used it = νῦν).