αἰ
κεν
A.
if, Epich. 55,170, before a vowel αἰκ Id. 21, Sophr. 25:—in Hom. only αἴ κε or κεν, if only, so that, always c. subj., exc. in or. obliq., as Il. 7.387; Dor. αἴκα Epich. 35, Theoc. 1.4,al.
II.
αἲ γάρ (with accent), Ep. for εἰ γάρ, O that! would that! c. opt., Il. 7.132,al., cf. Hdt. 1.27; once c. inf., αἲ γάρ . . παῖδά τ’ ἐμὴν ἐχέμεν καὶ ἐμὸς γαμβρὸς καλέεσθαι Od. 7.311.—Cf. αἴθε.
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