The corpus record — Latin

Eho

Eho · interj

ha? ho! holla! soho!

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Where it lives

Andria 12 · 12.18/10k
Pseudolus 8 · 7.23/10k
Eunuchus 7 · 6.46/10k
Poenulus 7 · 6.35/10k
Phormio 6 · 5.53/10k
Miles Gloriosus 7 · 5.52/10k
Trinummus 5 · 5.08/10k
Adelphi 5 · 5.05/10k
Hecyra 4 · 4.44/10k
Mostellaria 4 · 4.16/10k
Bacchides 4 · 4.05/10k
Cistellaria 2 · 3.82/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ĕhŏ — Lewis & Short

ĕhŏ, interj.; in the comic poets, used in asking, commanding, or scolding,

I ha? ho! holla! soho!

A In vehement questions, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 69; 5, 2, 22; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 5: eho tu, id. Merc. 1, 2, 77; Ter. And. 5, 4, 5; id. Eun. 4, 4, 24; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 35.—

B In impetuous commands, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 157; id. Men. 2, 3, 78; id. Ps. 1, 3, 114; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 13: eho puer, id. Hec. 4, 4, 97.—

C In angry remonstrance or invective, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 40; id. Mil. 3, 2, 12; id. Pers. 3, 3, 2; Ter. And. 4, 2, 27; id. Phorm. 4, 4, 3.—

II With affixed dum, Ter. And. 1, 2, 13; 3, 5, 10; 2, 1, 24; id. Eun. 2, 3, 69.

In the wild

6 of 91 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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