Αἶα

earth

Translated by Anne Mahoney21 May 1999Vetting: high5 revisions

7 words

[ai)=a means the same as] h( gh=.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἶα· ἡ γῆ.

Betacode

*ai)=a: h( gh=.

The headword is an archaic/epic/poetic word here glossed with a more common equivalent; cf. Hesychius alpha1654, Etymologicum Magnum 27.8-10, and the scholia to Homer, Iliad 2.850, 13.4. See LSJ entry at web address 1.