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|Full diacritics=αἶα
|Medium diacritics=αἶα
|Low diacritics=αία
|Capitals=ΑΙΑ
|Transliteration A=aîa
|Transliteration B=aia
|Transliteration C=aia
|Beta Code=ai)=a
|Definition=(A), ἡ, Ep. form used for <b class="b3">γαῖα</b> metri gr., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> φυσίζοος αἶα <span class="bibl">Il.3.243</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Emp.27</span>, <span class="title">Scol.</span>12, <span class="bibl">A.R.1.580</span>, <span class="title">Tab.Defix.</span>7; also in Trag., chiefly in lyr., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>59</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>95</span>, also in trim., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>51</span>: never in pl. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Αἶα, ἡ</b>, orig. name of Colchis, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>914</span>: also part of Thessaly, ib.<span class="bibl">915</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">αἶα</span> (B) <b class="b3">ὑπὸ Κυρηναίων τηθὶς καὶ μαῖα, καὶ ἀδελφὴ Κρήτης· καὶ φυτόν τι. ἔτι δὲ ὁ καρπὸς αὐτῷ ὁμώνυμος</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>27.24</span>. (Possibly cogn. with Lat. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">avia</b>.) </span><br /><span class="bld">αἶα</span> (C), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[ὄα]], <span class="bibl">Ael.Dion.<span class="title">Fr.</span>16</span>.</span>
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{{ls
|lstext='''αἶα''': ἡ, Ἐπ. [[τύπος]] ἀντὶ τοῦ [[γαῖα]], [[χάριν]] τοῦ μέτρου, Ὅμ. καὶ παρὰ Τραγ., ἰδίως ἐν λυρ. χωρίοις: [[οὐδέποτε]] κατὰ πληθ. ΙΙ. Αἶα, ἡ, τὸ [[ἀρχαῖον]] [[ὄνομα]] τῆς Κολχίδος, Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 774: [[ὡσαύτως]] [[μέρος]] τῆς Θεσσαλίας, [[αὐτόθι]].
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{{bailly
|btext=<span class="bld">1</span>ας (ἡ) :<br />terre.<br />'''Étymologie:''' DELG c. [[γαῖα]], à rapprocher de [[αἶα]]², cf. « Terre-Mère ».<br /><span class="bld">2</span>ας (ἡ) :<br />grand-mère.<br />'''Étymologie:''' DELG c. [[μαῖα]], cf. [[αἶα]].
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{{Autenrieth
|auten=[[earth]], [[land]]; πᾶσαν ἐπ' αἶαν, ‘the [[world]] [[over]].’
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{{DGE
|dgtxt=-ας, ἡ<br /><b class="num">1</b> ciren. [[nodriza]], [[tía]], <i>EM</i> α 402.<br /><b class="num">2</b> cret. [[hermana]], <i>EM</i> α 402.<br /><br /><b class="num">• Etimología:</b> Quizá cf. lat. <i>auia</i> ‘abuela’ (<i>auus</i> ‘abuelo’), het. <i>ḫuḫḫaš</i> ‘abuelo’.<br />-ας, ἡ<br />bot. [[sorbo]], [[serbal]], [[Sorbus domestica L.]], <i>An.Bachm</i>.51.6, <i>EM</i> α 402.
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{{DGE
|dgtxt=-ας, ἡ<br /><br /><b class="num">• Alolema(s):</b> jón. αἴη<br />[[tierra]] φίλης ἀπὸ πατρίδος αἴης <i>Il</i>.2.162, cf. Anacr.193, φυσίζοος [[αἶα]] <i>Il</i>.3.243, φοιτῶντες ἐπ' αἶαν Hes.<i>Op</i>.125 (gener. secl. por los edd.), κατ' αἶαν ἱρὰν Stesich.<i>Fr.Lille</i> 205, εὐκλέας [[αἶα]] κέκευθε Simon.<i>FGE</i> 706 (= <i>AP</i> 7.301), ἐκ δ' αἴης προρέουσι θελεμνά τε καὶ στερεωπά Emp.B 21.6, οὐδ' αἴης λάσιον μένος οὐδὲ θάλασσα Emp.B 27.2, Ἑλλάδ' ἐς αἶαν A.<i>Pers</i>.2, cf. <i>A</i>.429, <i>Pers</i>.59, βάρβαρον αἶαν S.<i>El</i>.95, Δελφῶν κατ' αἶαν E.<i>Andr</i>.51, [[αἶα]] Πελασγῶν A.R.1.580, θάλασσα δὲ πᾶσα καὶ [[αἶα]] Theoc.17.91, μὴ κατ' αἶαν μηδὲ κατὰ θάλατ(τ)αν μὴ ἔργο(ν) μὴ ἐργασίη <i>IG</i> 3.(3) p.VIIb (Tebas II a.C.), cf. M.Ant.6.10, αἶαν ὅλην νήσους τε διιπταμένη σύ, χελιδών <i>AP</i> 9.346 (Leon.; prob. juego de palabras c. [[Αἶα]]), [[αἶα]]· γαῖα κατ' ἀφαίρεσιν τοῦ γ Hsch.<br /><br /><b class="num">• Etimología:</b> Etim. insegura. Quizá relacionable c. ai. <i>sasyám</i> ‘cosecha’, o c. lat. <i>auia</i>, cf. 2 [[αἶα]] (en conexión con la idea de ‘tierra madre’) o podría tratarse de pregr. en cuyo caso podría relacionarse c. γαῖα.
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{{lsm
|lsmtext='''αἶα:''' ἡ, Επικ. [[τύπος]] χρησιμ. αντί [[γαῖα]], [[χάριν]] μέτρου, σε Όμηρ., Τραγ.· [[ποτέ]] στον πληθ.
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{{elru
|elrutext='''αἶα:''' ἡ Hom., Trag. = [[γαῖα]], γῆ.
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