1. παπαῖ · papai — Beekes
παπαῖ [adv.] exclamation of pain and astonishment (IA). “ΑΒ On the accent see Hdn. Gr. 2, 933. *DERTanadé (Ar. E., Luc.); redupl. nanananai (Ar. Th. 1191). *ETYM Nursery word. — [Beekes, s.v. παπαῖ, p. 1201]
The corpus record
πᾰπαῖ
papai
[adv
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Where it lives
- Philoctetes 7 · 7.95/10k
- Persians 3 · 5.89/10k
- Agamemnon 3 · 3.7/10k
- Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
- Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
- Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
- Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
- Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
- Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
What it meant
2. παπαῖ · papai — Chantraine
παπαῖ : exclamation d’étonnement ou de douleur (ion.-att.), avec redoublement répété dans παπαπαπαῖ (Ar. Th. 1191), cf. encore Æsch. Ag. 746, 754, 1114) ; en outre, παπαιάξ (Ar., E., Luc.) Emprunt lat. papae. — [Chantraine, s.v. παπαῖ, p. 872]
3. παπαῖ · papai — Frisk
παπαῖ (zum Akz. Hdn. Gr. 2,933) Ausruf des Schmerzes und der Verwunderung (ion. att.); erweitert παπαιάξ (Ar.,E., Luk.) Ὁ. 8. --- Elementarschöpfung wie Baßal, -d£, & πόποι, s. dd. m. Lit. Lat. LW papae. — [Frisk, s.v. παπαῖ, p. 1443]
4. πᾰπαῖ · papai — LSJ
exclam. of suffering, whether mental, as A. Pers. 1031, or (more freq.) physical, Ar. Ach. 1214, etc.; doubled, A. l.c., Ag. 1114; φεῦ παπαῖ, παπαῖ μάλʼ αὖθις S. Ph. 792; also παππαπαππαπαῖ ib. 754; παπαῖ, ἀπαππαπαῖ, παπᾶ παπᾶ παπᾶ παπαῖ ib. 746.
II
of surprise, Hdt. 8.26; π., οἷον λέγεις you donʼt say so!, Pl. Lg. 704c; also παπαπαπαῖ Ar. Th. 1191: c. gen., παπαῖ τῶν ἐπαίνων Luc. Cont. 23; expressing scorn, S. Fr. 153.
In the wild
- παπαῖ · papai Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1256
- παπαῖ · papai Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1114
- παπαῖ · papai Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1114
- παπαῖ · papai Aeschylus, Eumenides 261–263
- παπαῖ · papai Aeschylus, Persians 1031
- παπαῖ · papai Aeschylus, Persians 1031
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. πᾰπαῖ (scan p. 1201; entry #4812).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. πᾰπαῖ (scan p. 872; entry #6268).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. πᾰπαῖ (scan p. 1443; entry #4490).
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