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εἶα

εἶα, on! up! away!

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εἷʼ Interjection of εἶα

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εἶα, an exclamation used to cheer or urge on,
  • on! up! away! used with the imper. sg. or pl., cf. E. Med. 820, etc.; εἶα δή come then! A. Ag. 1650, Ar. Th. 659; εἶά νυν well now! Id. Pax 467; ἄγʼ εἶα Id. Ra. 396; ἀλλʼ εἶα E. HF 622, Ar. Pl. 760; ὦ εἶα Id. Pax 459; εἶα ὦ ib. 468; ἀλλʼ εἶα δὴ . . σκεψώμεθα Pl. Sph. 239b:—with interrog. οὐ, where the question is equivalent to a command, οὐκ εἶα . . δραμεῖσθε; E. IT 1423, cf. Hel. 1597. (εἷα S. Ichn. 87, cf. Hdn.Gr. 1.495.)

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