ὀα

ὀα

Grammatical information: interj.

Meaning: interjection of pain (A. Pers. 117 u. 122 [lyr.]).

Other forms: (ὀᾶ)

Derivatives: Besides οὑά, οὑᾶ interj. of admiration (Arr. Epict., D.C., Ev. Marc. 15, 29); οὑαί interj. of pain `woe' (LXX, J., NT).

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]

Etymology: Element. cognate with Lat. vāh interjection with manifold meaning, vae sign of pain, Germ., e.g. Goth. wai, Latv. wai etc. `woe'; further forms in WP. 1, 212f., Pok. 1110f., W.-Hofmann s. vāh and vae. Hell. a. late οὑαί can be partly hebraism (hōǰ, 'ōj), partly Latinism, s. Blass-Drebrunner $ 4, 2. -- On ὀ-, οὑ- as rendering of a w-sound Schwyzer 313, Schw.-Debrunner 601.

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