αἴθε
From LSJ
Θυσία μεγίστη τῷ θεῷ τό γ' εὐσεβεῖν → Pietate maius nil offertur numini → Das größte Opfer für den Gott ist Frömmigkeit
English (LSJ)
Ep. for εἴθε, as αἰ for εἰ, in Hom.
A αἴθ' ὄφελες Il.1.415,al.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αἴθε: Ἐπ. ἀντὶ εἴθε, ὡς αἰ ἀντὶ εἰ, παρ’ Ὁμ. αἴθ’ ὄφελες, Ἰλ. Α. 415, καὶ ἀλλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
c. εἴθε.
English (Autenrieth)
particle of wishing, ‘Would that,’ ‘Oh, that,’ more common in Homer than εἴθε. Foll. by opt., or by ὤφελον and inf.
