1. heu! — Lewis & Short
heu!interj. (constr.
I 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:
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:
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. 2, 2, 29; so,
heu me miserum!Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 10; id. Merc. 3, 4, 39; Ter. And. 4, 1, 22; Afran. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 14:
heu me infelicem!Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 2; Turp. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 73:
heu edepol hominem nihili!Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 27:
heu edepol res turbulentas!id. Epid. 1, 1, 68:
heu hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!id. Men. 2, 2, 41:
heu hercle odiosas res!id. Mil. 4, 2, 65; id. Men. 5, 2, 119:
heu me, per urbem Fabula quanta fui!Hor. Epod. 11, 7:
heu, cor meum finditur!Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 17:
heu edepol, patrem eum miserum praedicas!id. Most. 4, 2, 65:
illuc heu miseri traducimur,Juv. 3, 159:
heu, edepol ne ego homo vivo miser,id. Men. 5, 5, 10:
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; cf.:
heu edepol mortalis malos!id. ib. 3, 2, 26.† † Heurēsis, ĕos, f., = *eu(/rhsis (a finding out), a Roman festival in November, Calend. Farnes. ap. Orell. Inscr. II. p. 381.