Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὄᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄᾱ ὄας

Structure: ὀ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. The service tree (Sorbus domestica), whose fruit is the ὄον

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τὸ Κισσίων πόλισμ’ ἀντίδουπον ᾄσεται, ὀᾶ, τοῦτ’ ἔποσ γυναικοπλη‐ θὴσ ὅμιλοσ ἀπύων, βυσσίνοισ δ’ ἐν πέπλοισ πέσῃ λακίσ. (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, antistrophe 51)
  • τοὶ δ’ ἄρα πρωτόμοιροι, φεῦ, λειφθέντεσ πρὸσ ἀνάγκασ, ἠέ, ἀκτὰσ ἀμφὶ Κυχρείασ, ὀᾶ, <σύρονται>· (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, strophe 21)
  • στένε καὶ δακνά‐ ζου, βαρὺ δ’ ἀμβόασον οὐράνι’ ἄχη, ὀᾶ· (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, strophe 22)
  • γναπτόμενοι δὲ δίνᾳ, φεῦ, σκύλλονται πρὸσ ἀναύδων, ἠέ, παίδων τᾶσ ἀμιάντου, ὀᾶ. (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, antistrophe 21)
  • πενθεῖ δ’ ἄνδρα δόμοσ στερη‐ θείσ τοκέεσ τ’ ἄπαιδεσ δαιμόνι’ ἄχη, ὀᾶ, δυρόμενοι γέροντεσ τὸ πᾶν δὴ κλύουσιν ἄλγοσ. (Aeschylus, Persians, choral, antistrophe 22)

Synonyms

  1. The service tree

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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