From LSJ

ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners

Source

Middle Liddell


ἒ ἔ, or ἒ ἒ ἒ ἔ, an exclamation, woe! woe! Aesch., etc.

Frisk Etymology German

: ἔ
{è é}
Forms: auch wiederholt ἒ ἔ, ἒ ἔ
Meaning: Interjektion (Trag., Kom.).
Etymology : Elementarschöpfung. Vgl. v.Wilamowitz Eur. Her. zu V. 1025, Schwyzer-Debrunner 600 m. A. 4.
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