Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠή

Interjection; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠή

Sense

  1. ho there!, heus

Examples

  • ὠή, χαλᾶτε κλῇθρα, τοῖσ ἔνδον λέγω, καὶ δεσπότῃ σημήναθ’ οὕνεκ’ ἐν πύλαισ πάρειμι, καινῶν φόρτον ἀγγέλλων κακῶν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode 1:1)
  • ὠή, τίσ ἐγγὺσ ἢ πρόσω φίλων ἐμῶν, δύσγνοιαν ὅστισ τὴν ἐμὴν ἰάσεται; (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 1:17)
  • ὠή, τὸν Λατοῦσ αὐδῶ <σ’>, ὅστ’ ὀμφὰν κληροῖσ πρὸσ χρυσέουσ θάκουσ καὶ γαίασ μεσσήρεισ ἕδρασ, εἰσ οὖσ αὐδὰν καρύξω· (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 2:1)
  • ὠή· (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 2:1)
  • ὠή, χαλᾶτε κλῇθρα· (Euripides, Helen, episode12)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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