ἦ 1

ἦ 1.

Grammatical information: pcle.

Meaning: `certainly, really' approving and questioning particle (Il.), mostly combined with other particles and adverbs, e. g. ἦ ἄρα, ἦ γάρ, ἦ που, ἦ μήν, sometimes after them: ἐπεὶ ἦ, τί (ὅτι) ἤ, (ὁ)τιή etc.

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [281] *h₁e `?'

Etymology: Origin unclear; perhaps in origin identical with the interjection η῎ (s. v.). Acc. to Brugmann Grundr.² 2, 3, 983 to Skt. ā́ (affirmative after noun and adv.), OHG ihh-ā `I', nein-ā `no' a. o. as instr. sg. of the demonstratives *e-, o- (cf. εἰ); see Schwyzer-Debrunner 564 w. n. 4.

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