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apage

apage, away with thee! begone! away! off with! (comic and colloq.)

ăpăgĕ, the Greek
  • imp. ἄπαγε, used as interj., away with thee! away! begone! avaunt! etc.; or also, away with it! away! not surely! constr. with acc. (like o, ah, en, etc.) or absol., also with sis (= si vis) (only in the comic poets or in epist. style; never used by Cic.).
        • a With acc.: apage te a me, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 32 (582); id. Cas. 2, 8, 23 (459); Ter. Eun. 904; Auct. ad Her. 4, 51, 64; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10: apage istas a me sorores, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 5 (372); id. Merc. 1, 2, 33 (143).—
        • b Absol.: Apage, non placet me etc., Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 154 (306): apage, haud nos id deceat, id. Capt. 2, 1, 17 (211).—
        • c With sis: apage, sis, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 15 (224), and Ter. Eun. 756: apage, sis, Amor, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 30 (252): apage me, sis, id. ib. 4, 1, 19 (838). Cf. Hand, Turs. I. p. 403 sq.

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