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heu

heu, interj., of grief or pain, oh! ah! alas!

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

heu : (interj.), alas! ah! oh! 2.289, et al.
heu! interj. (constr. absol. or with acc., rarely with nom. or voc.; cf. Huschke ad Tib. 2, 6, 28; Forbig. and Wagn. ad Verg. A. 2, 274. The passages cited for heu mihi, etc., Hand, Turs. III. 68 sq., are mostly corrected in recent edd.)
  • I An exclamation of grief or pain, oh! ah! alas! heu heu, quam ego malis perdidi modis, quod tibi detuli et quod dedi! Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 26 (255): quatenus, heu nefas! Virtutem incolumem odimus, Hor. C. 3, 24, 30; cf.: palam captis gravis, heu nefas heu, id. ib. 4, 6, 17: o domus antiqua, heu quam dispari Dominare domino! Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139 (Trag. Rel. Rib. p. 224): heu, mea fortuna, Enn. ap. Non. 90, 14 (Trag. v. 408 Vahl.): heu, hercle, mulier, multum et audax et mala's, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 31 (731): heu, nimis longo satiate ludo (Mars)! Hor. C. 1, 2, 37: heu me miseram! interii, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 6 (Trag. v. 228 Vahl.); Ter. Hec. 271; so, heu me miserum! Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 10 (722); id. Merc. 3, 4, 39 (626); Ter. And. 646; Afran. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 14: heu me infelicem! Ter. Hec. 282; Turp. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 73: heu edepol hominem nihili! Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 27 (695): heu edepol res turbulentas! id. Epid. 1, 1, 68 (68): heu hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi! id. Men. 2, 2, 41 (313): heu hercle odiosas res! id. Mil. 4, 2, 65 (1055); id. Men. 5, 2, 119 (871): heu me, per urbem Fabula quanta fui! Hor. Epod. 11, 7: heu, cor meum finditur! Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 17 (251): heu edepol, patrem eum miserum praedicas! id. Most. 4, 2, 65 (949): illuc heu miseri traducimur, Juv. 3, 159: heu, edepol ne ego homo vivo miser, Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 10 (908): heu, nunc misero mihi demum exsilium infelix, Verg. A. 10, 849.—
  • II In a few doubtful passages in Plautus as an exclamation of admiration or surprise, oh! heu hercle mortalem catum! Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 147 (1107); cf.: heu edepol mortalis malos! id. ib. 3, 2, 26 (603).

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