εἶα
εἶα, an exclamation used to cheer or urge on,
A). on! up! away! used with the imper. sg. or pl., cf. Med. 820 , etc.; εἶα δή come then! Ag. 1650 , Th. 659 ; εἶά νυν well now! Pax 467 ; ἄγ’ εἶα Ra. 396 ; ἀλλ’ εἶα HF 622 , Pl. 760 ; ὦ εἶα Pax 459 ; εἶα ὦ ib. 468 ; ἀλλ’ εἶα δὴ .. σκεψώμεθα Sph. 239b :—with interrog. οὐ, where the question is equivalent to a command, οὐκ εἶα .. δραμεῖσθε; IT 1423 , cf. Hel. 1597 .( εἷα Ichn. 87 , cf. Hdn.Gr. 1.495 .)