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παπαῖ

παπαῖ, interjection, expressing physical or mental suffering

πᾰπαῖ (not παπαί, Hdn.Gr. 2.933),
  • exclam. of suffering, whether mental, as A. Pers. 1031, or (more freq.) physical, Ar. Ach. 1214, etc.; doubled, A. l.c., Ag. 1114; φεῦ παπαῖ, παπαῖ μάλʼ αὖθις S. Ph. 792; also παππαπαππαπαῖ ib. 754; παπαῖ, ἀπαππαπαῖ, παπᾶ παπᾶ παπᾶ παπαῖ ib. 746.
    • II of surprise, Hdt. 8.26; π., οἷον λέγεις you donʼt say so!, Pl. Lg. 704c; also παπαπαπαῖ Ar. Th. 1191: c. gen., παπαῖ τῶν ἐπαίνων Luc. Cont. 23; expressing scorn, S. Fr. 153.

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