euge

eugĕ (eugē or eugae, Ter. And. 345), interj., = εὖγε, an exclamation of joy, applause, admiration, etc.,

• well done! good! bravo! (cf. eu; freq. in Plaut. and Ter., and in the Vulg.).
• I In gen.: euge, euge, perbene, Ab saxo avortit fluctus ad litus scapham, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 75 (163); id. Aul. 4, 6, 11 (677); id. Ep. 3, 2, 21 (357); id. Stich. 5, 6, 5 (766); id. Mil. 4, 1, 20 (966) et saep.; Ter. And. 345; id. Heaut. 677; Pers. 5, 167; 1, 75; as an indecl. subst., n.: euge tuum, id. 1, 50; Mart. 2, 27, 3: euge, well done, Vulg. Psa. 34, 21; id. Matt. 25, 21.—So, eugepae (contracted from euge papae), Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 41 (628); id. Capt. 2, 2, 24 (274); id. Ep. 1, 1, 7 (7); id. Ps. 2, 4, 53 (746); id. Rud. 1, 2, 81 (169); 2, 4, 24 (437).—
• II Esp., with an ironical signif. superadded, excellent! admirable! euge, optime, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 170 (802); id. Pers. 1, 3, 10 (90); Ter. Ad. 911. V. Hand, Turs. II. p. 610 sq.

euge, Interj. (εὖγε), gut so! recht gut! brav! bravo! herrlich! ironisch, recht schön! köstlich! Komik. u. Mart. 2. 27, 3. Vulg. Ezech. 26, 2: doppelt, euge euge, Plaut. trin. 705. Vulg. psalm. 34, 21 u. 25 a. – als Subst. neutr. indecl., euge tuum et belle, Pers. 1, 49. – ➳ Die letzte Silbe lang (eugē), s. Bentley u. Spengel Ter. Andr. 2, 2, 8 (345).

euge [CL < εὖγε] 1 good! fine!. b (as sb.) euge, approval. a690 ne ‥ ut ‥ in squalores trusus praecipitaretur, sed potius — euax ~eque — ingressurus tripudium ‥ promereatur Aldh. Ep. 5; ~e, gaude, bene GlC E 327; Frith. 736 (v. ciere 1e); perpendit ‥ popularis favoris auram ‥ undique ‘~e! ~e!’ acclamantem J. Furness Kentig. 8 p. 175; hinc sunt interjecciones: ~e, hay, atat, heu Ps.-Gros. Gram. 60.  b sed nichil esse diu Lachesis permittit, in omni / condicione bonis invidet euge suum A. Meaux Susanna 60.

eugĕ (12) (εὖγε), interj., très bien, bravo, courage, à merveille : Pl. ; Ter.  ; euge, euge Pl. Trin. 705 || subst^t euge tuum Pers. 1, 50, tes bravos, tes acclamations.

euge ! interj.
善哉。

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