eheu
See also: ʻēheu
Latin
Etymology
Compare heu (“alas!”), and Sanskrit अहो (aho).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeː.heu̯/, [ˈeː(ɦ)ɛu̯]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.eu̯/, [ˈɛːeu̯]
Interjection
ēheu
- expression of pain; alas!
- [1996, Horace, Horace in English (Penguin classics) (in English), Penguin Books, →ISBN, LCCN 96164123, OCLC 1166925912, page 539:
- I can just hear you call your Palace class: ¶ Come learn the Latin Eheu for alas.]
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References
- “eheu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “eheu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- eheu in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette