εὐαί
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- εὐαῖ (euaî)
- εὐαἵ (euhaí), εὐαἷ (euhaî) — Old Attic
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.ǎi̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈwɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈβɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈve/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈve/
Interjection
εὐαί • (euaí)
- a cry of joy
Derived terms
- εὐᾱ́ζω (euā́zō)
Related terms
- εὖᾱ (eûā)
- εὐᾱ́ν (euā́n)
- εὐοῖ (euoî)
References
- “εὐαί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- εὐαί in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette