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.]

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

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