The corpus record — Latin

heus

heus · interj

ho! ho there! hark! holloa!

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Where it lives

Mostellaria 13 · 13.51/10k
Epistularum 1 · 12.5/10k
Curculio 7 · 11.35/10k
Eunuchus 12 · 11.07/10k
Rudens 13 · 10.96/10k
Pseudolus 12 · 10.84/10k
Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 2 · 9.14/10k
Poenulus 9 · 8.16/10k
Persa 6 · 7.63/10k
Miles Gloriosus 9 · 7.1/10k
Adelphi 6 · 6.06/10k
Aulularia 4 · 5.79/10k

Densest 12 of 44 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

heus! — Lewis & Short

heus!interj. Used in calling attention,

I ho! ho there! hark! holloa! heus, reclude: heus, Tranio, etiamne aperis? ... heus vos, pueri, quid istic agitis? Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 28 sq.; cf.: Syre, Syre inquam, heus, heus Syre, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 107; so, heus, heus, id. Eun. 2, 3, 45; 3, 3, 24; id. Ad. 4, 4, 17: heus, Phaedrome, exi, exi, exi, inquam ocius, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 26; cf.: heus, Staphyla, prodi, id. Aul. 2, 6, 1: heus, Strobile, sequere propere me, id. ib. 2, 2, 86: heus, ecquis hic est? holloa there, id. Amph. 4, 1, 12; id. Bacch. 4, 1, 10; id. Most. 4, 2, 19; cf.: heus, ubi estis? id. Capt. 4, 2, 50: heus, audin' quid ait? id. ib. 3, 4, 60: et heus, jube illos illinc amabo abscedere, id. Most. 2, 2, 36: heus age, responde, Pers. 2, 17: heus bone, tu palles, id. 3, 94: heus, etiam mensas consumimus? Verg. A. 7, 116: heus tu, te volo, Plaut. Curc. 3, 21; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 29: heus tu, Rufio, cave sis mentiaris, Cic. Mil. 22, 60: heus tu, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 30; 5, 3, 8; id. Cas. 4, 4, 15; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 22; 3, 5, 46; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 51; Hor. S. 1, 3, 21: heus vos, Plaut. Casin. 2, 2, 2; id. Most. 4, 2, 72; id. Pers. 5, 2, 63: Ch. Atque heus tu. Ni. Quid vis? Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 93: Ph. Sed heus tu. Pa. Quid vis? Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 11: sed heus tu, id. ib. 3, 1, 44; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 128; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 13; 15, 11, 4; id. Fam. 7, 11, 2.—Heus always begins a clause, except sometimes in Terence: omnium rerum heus necessitudo est, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 45.

In the wild

6 of 188 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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