1. οὐαί · ouai — Beekes
alas!
The corpus record
οὐαί
ouai
alas!
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Habacuc 3 · 27.42/10k
- Jude 1 · 22.47/10k
- Sophonias 2 · 16.89/10k
- Revelation 14 · 14.15/10k
- Amos 4 · 13/10k
- Nahum 1 · 10.83/10k
- Michaeas 2 · 8.78/10k
- Isaias 22 · 8.37/10k
- Luke 15 · 7.78/10k
- Matthew 13 · 7.25/10k
- Osee 2 · 5.31/10k
- Ecclesiastes 2 · 4.42/10k
Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. οὐαί · ouai — Chantraine
«hélas» (LXX, NT, Épict
3. οὐαί · ouai — LSJ
ah! woe!, woe is, woe to
Attestations
- οὐαί · ouai Epictetus, Discourses 3.19 (DIORISIS sentence 4675)
- οὐαὶ · ouai Epictetus, Discourses 3.19 (DIORISIS sentence 4675)
- οὐαί · ouai Epictetus, Discourses 3.19 (DIORISIS sentence 4675)
- οὐαί · ouai Epictetus, Discourses 3.22 (DIORISIS sentence 4903)
- Οὐαί · Ouai New Testament, Matthew 11.21 (DIORISIS sentence 415)
- οὐαί · ouai New Testament, Matthew 11.21 (DIORISIS sentence 416)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1174-1175; entry #4714 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 852; entry #6123 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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