αἰαῖ

From LSJ

Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446
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Full diacritics: αἰαῖ Medium diacritics: αἰαῖ Low diacritics: αιαί Capitals: ΑΙΑΙ
Transliteration A: aiaî Transliteration B: aiai Transliteration C: aiai Beta Code: ai)ai=

English (LSJ)

v. sub αἶ.

Spanish (DGE)

ay, ay, ja, ja; v. αἴ.

Greek Monotonic

αἰαῖ: επιφών. θλίψης, αχ! Λατ. vae!· με γεν., αἰαῖ τόλμας, σε Ευρ.· και επαναλαμβανόμενο, αἰαῖ αἰαῖ μελέων ἔργων, σε Αισχύλ.· μεταγεν. με αιτ., αἰαῖ τὰν Κυθέρειαν, σε Βίωνα.

Middle Liddell

exclamation of grief, ah! Lat. vae! c. gen., αἰαῖ τόλμας Eur.; and repeated, αἰαῖ αἰαῖ μελέων ἔργων Aesch.:—later c. acc., αἰαῖ τὰν Κυθέρειαν Bion.

English (Woodhouse)

alas

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