αι1Αἶ
ai, if
With smooth breathing and circumflex accent, it means "would that", by a shortening of ai)=qe ['if only'], but with rough breathing [it is] the feminine article and relative pronoun. With smooth breathing and circumflex…
Αἶ· ψιλούμενον καὶ περισπώμενον τὸ ὄφελον σημαίνει, κατὰ ἀποκοπὴν τοῦ αἶθε, δασυνόμενον δὲ ἄρθρον θηλυκὸν καὶ ἀναφορικόν. σημαίνει δὲ καὶ ἐπίρρημα θρηνητικὸν περισπώμενον καὶ…