The corpus record — Latin

eheu

eheu · interj

ah! alas!

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Where it lives

De Herediolo 1 · 44.84/10k
Epitaphia heroum qui bello Troico interfuerunt 1 · 8.33/10k
Pseudolus 7 · 6.32/10k
Parentalia 1 · 3.85/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 3.83/10k
Commemoratio professorum Burdigalensium 1 · 3.81/10k
Rudens 4 · 3.37/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
Carmina 4 · 3.11/10k
Captivi 2 · 2.31/10k
Carmina 3 · 2.26/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k

Densest 12 of 35 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ēheu — Lewis & Short

ēheu, interj., an interjection of pain or grief,

I ah! alas! Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 49; 5, 3, 18; id. Trin. 2, 4, 102; id. Mil. 4, 8, 32 al.; Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 31; id. Hec. 1, 1, 17; id. Phorm. 1, 4, 10.—Often followed by quam: eheu, quam ego nunc totus displiceo mihi, Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 20; Hor. S. 1, 3, 66. (The epic and lyric poets have everywhere ēheu; and hence many moderns, partly in accordance with better MSS., read everywhere heu heu; cf. Burmann, Voss, Wagner, and Ribbeck, Verg. E. 2, 58; also Forbig. ad loc.; Hand Turs. 2, 358 sq.; Sillig Cat. p. 283; Huschk. Tib. II. p. 711; Fea and Keller, Hor. C. 1, 15, 9; but in ib. 1, 35, 33, and 2, 14, 1 al. the best editions have ēheu.)

In the wild

6 of 60 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. eheu (scan p. 217; entry #3356).

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