A.on! up! away! used with the imper. sg. or pl., cf. E.Med.820, etc.; εἶα δή come then! A. Ag.1650, Ar.Th.659; εἶά νυν well now! Id.Pax467; “ἄγ᾽ εἶα” Id.Ra. 396; “ἀλλ᾽ εἶα” E.HF622, Ar.Pl.760; “ὦ εἶα” Id.Pax459; εἶα ὦ ib.468; “ἀλλ᾽ εἶα δὴ . . σκεψώμεθα” Pl.Sph.239b:—with interrog. οὐ, where the question is equivalent to a command, οὐκ εἶα . . δραμεῖσθε; E.IT1423, cf. Hel.1597. (“εἷα” S.Ichn.87, cf. Hdn.Gr.1.495.)
εἶα , an exclamation used to cheer or urge on,