eheu
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See also: ʻēheu
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Expressive; compare heu (“alas!”), and Sanskrit अहो (aho). Because of the latter comparison a Proto-Indo-European origin was traditionally assumed.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈeː.heu̯/, [ˈeː(ɦ)ɛu̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.eu̯/, [ˈɛːeu̯]
Interjection[edit]
ēheu
- expression of pain; alas!
- [1942, Robert Frost, “The Lesson for Today”, in A Witness Tree (in English):
- I can just hear you call your Palace class: / Come learn the Latin Eheu for alas.]
References[edit]
- “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.