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ah, interj. --Of distress or pity, of reproach or admonition, of surprise

āh or ā (v. Neue, Formenl. II. 812), interj. [acc. to Prisc. 570 P. contract. from aha], ah! alas! ha! ah me! an exclamation.
  • I Of pain or grief, Gr. αἴ, αἴ: ah, nescis quam doleam, Ter. Heaut. 934; Verg. E. 1, 15. —
  • II Of entreaty to avert an evil: ah! noli, do not, I pray! Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 22 (520). —
  • III Of indignation or reproach: ah stulte, Ter. Ad. 724: ah, rogitas? id. And. 828; 469.—
  • IV Of admonition: ah, ne me obsecra, Ter. And. 543: ah desine, id. ib. 972.—
  • V Of consolation: quid? ah volet, certo scio, Ter. Eun. 889.—
  • VI Of raillery or joy, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 39 (134).

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