The corpus record — Latin

ehem

ehem · interj

ha! what!

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Where it lives

Eunuchus 6 · 5.53/10k
Heautontimorumenos 4 · 3.64/10k
Andria 3 · 3.05/10k
Adelphi 3 · 3.03/10k
Hecyra 2 · 2.22/10k
Phormio 2 · 1.84/10k
Pseudolus 2 · 1.81/10k
Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
Miles Gloriosus 2 · 1.58/10k
Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
Truculentus 1 · 1.22/10k
Mostellaria 1 · 1.04/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ĕhem — Lewis & Short

ĕhem, interj., an exclamation of joyful surprise,

I ha! what! ehem, optume! quam dudum tu advenisti? Plaut. As. 2, 4, 43; id. Most. 3, 2, 38; id. Mil. 4, 9, 5; id. Rud. 3, 5, 25; Ter. And. 2, 5, 6: ehem, pater me, tu hic eras? id. Eun. 1, 2, 6; 3, 2, 9; id. Ad. 1, 2, 1; App. M. 2, p. 124, 29.

In the wild

6 of 32 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ehem (scan p. 217; entry #3355).

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