Αἲ γάρ
o that
Translated by Catharine Roth15 Sep 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] would that.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Αἲ γάρ· εἴθε γάρ.
Betacode
*ai)\ ga/r: ei)/qe ga/r.
Notes
- Epic particle combination, used with the optative to introduce a wish.
Same entry in Hesychius and other lexica, and in the scholia on Homer, Iliad 2.371; see also epsiloniota 15.