οὐά
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
English (LSJ)
or οὐᾶ, Lat.
A vah! exclam. of admiration, or of astonishment, Arr.Epict.3.22.34, D.C.63.20; of irony, Ev.Marc.15.29.
German (Pape)
[Seite 408] Ausruf des Staunens, vah! im N. T. auch des Abscheues, οὐὰ σοί, Matth. 11, 21; vgl. D. Cass. 63, 20; Arr. Epict. 3, 23.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
οὐά: Λατιν. vah! ἐπιφώνημα θαυμασμοῦ ἢ ἐκπλήξεως, Ἀρρ. Ἐπίκτ. 3. 22, 34, Δίων Κ. 63, 20· εἰρωνείας, οὐὰ ὁ καταλύων τὴν ναὸν καὶ ἐν τρισὶν ἡμέραις οίκοδομῶν Εὐαγγ. κ. Μάρκ. ιε΄., 29.
French (Bailly abrégé)
interj.
ha ! ah ! cri d’étonnement ou de moquerie.
English (Abbott-Smith)
English (Strong)
a primary exclamation of surprise; "ah": ah.
