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Headword: Ὀί̈
Adler number: omicron,88
Translated headword: oi!
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
It is an exclamation of those who feel grief and displeasure; also those who are afraid say this.
Greek Original:
Ὀί̈: ὀδυρομένων ἐστὶν ἐπίφθεγμα καὶ δυσχεραινόντων: καὶ οἱ φοβούμενοι δὲ οὕτω λέγουσιν.
Notes:
From a scholion on Aristophanes, Peace 932 (web address 1), where there is a play on this exclamation and ὄϊς "sheep" (cf. omicron 90, omicron 95, omicron 100).
cf. Eustathius, Commentary on the Odyssey 1538.45.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 31 October 2009@01:06:54.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (another x-ref) on 1 November 2009@04:31:59.
Catharine Roth (cosmeticule) on 1 November 2009@12:24:13.
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