αἶα

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τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon

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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

English (LSJ)

(A), ἡ, Ep. form used for γαῖα metri gr.,

   A φυσίζοος αἶα Il.3.243, etc., cf. Emp.27, Scol.12, A.R.1.580, Tab.Defix.7; also in Trag., chiefly in lyr., A.Pers.59, S.El.95, also in trim., E.Andr.51: never in pl.    II Αἶα, ἡ, orig. name of Colchis, S.Fr.914: also part of Thessaly, ib.915.
αἶα (B) ὑπὸ Κυρηναίων τηθὶς καὶ μαῖα, καὶ ἀδελφὴ Κρήτης· καὶ φυτόν τι. ἔτι δὲ ὁ καρπὸς αὐτῷ ὁμώνυμος, EM27.24. (Possibly cogn. with Lat.

   A avia.)
αἶα (C),

   A = ὄα, Ael.Dion.Fr.16.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

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.

French (Bailly abrégé)

1ας (ἡ) :
terre.
Étymologie: DELG c. γαῖα, à rapprocher de αἶα², cf. « Terre-Mère ».
2ας (ἡ) :
grand-mère.
Étymologie: DELG c. μαῖα, cf. αἶα.

English (Autenrieth)

earth, land; πᾶσαν ἐπ' αἶαν, ‘the world over.’

Spanish (DGE)

-ας, ἡ
1 ciren. nodriza, tía, EM α 402.
2 cret. hermana, EM α 402.

• Etimología: Quizá cf. lat. auia ‘abuela’ (auus ‘abuelo’), het. ḫuḫḫaš ‘abuelo’.
-ας, ἡ
bot. sorbo, serbal, Sorbus domestica L., An.Bachm.51.6, EM α 402.

Spanish (DGE)

-ας, ἡ

• Alolema(s): jón. αἴη
tierra φίλης ἀπὸ πατρίδος αἴης Il.2.162, cf. Anacr.193, φυσίζοος αἶα Il.3.243, φοιτῶντες ἐπ' αἶαν Hes.Op.125 (gener. secl. por los edd.), κατ' αἶαν ἱρὰν Stesich.Fr.Lille 205, εὐκλέας αἶα κέκευθε Simon.FGE 706 (= AP 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.Pers.2, cf. A.429, Pers.59, βάρβαρον αἶαν S.El.95, Δελφῶν κατ' αἶαν E.Andr.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 IG 3.(3) p.VIIb (Tebas II a.C.), cf. M.Ant.6.10, αἶαν ὅλην νήσους τε διιπταμένη σύ, χελιδών AP 9.346 (Leon.; prob. juego de palabras c. Αἶα), αἶα· γαῖα κατ' ἀφαίρεσιν τοῦ γ Hsch.

• Etimología: Etim. insegura. Quizá relacionable c. ai. sasyám ‘cosecha’, o c. lat. auia, cf. 2 αἶα (en conexión con la idea de ‘tierra madre’) o podría tratarse de pregr. en cuyo caso podría relacionarse c. γαῖα.

Greek Monotonic

αἶα: ἡ, Επικ. τύπος χρησιμ. αντί γαῖα, χάριν μέτρου, σε Όμηρ., Τραγ.· ποτέ στον πληθ.