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    LATIN INTERJECTIONS

    age call for haste (imperative of agere) come on!


    attat, attatae sudden enlightenment, surprise ah! oh! I get it!
    ēcastor mild oath used only by women by Castor!
    ecce astonishment behold!
    edepol, pol mild oath used by both sexes by Pollux!
    ehem pleasant surprise wow!
    ēheu grief or pain alas! oh! ouch!
    eho call for attention hey! hey, you!
    ei, hei anguish, pain, fear, dismay oh no! ouch!
    em, hem attention or giving gifts (+ dative) ahem! here you are! look
    here!
    eu ironic great!
    euge, eu, eugepae delight, pleasurable surprise (εὖγε) great! excellent! splendid!
    euhoe expression of Bacchic frenzy yeehaw!
    heia, eia deprecation, concession, astonish- ?
    ment, urgency
    hercle, mehercle mild oath used only by men by Hercules!
    heu sorrow, regret alas!
    heus calling for someone’s attention hey!
    hui surprise or other strong emotion whew!
    iō strong emotion, with vocatives o!
    ō with vocatives; in exclamations of oh! o, if only . . .!
    admiration, pleasure, horror; wishes
    ohē, ohē iam impatient remonstrance stop! whoa! enough already!
    papae pain, alarm; astonishment; delight ?
    pax call for silence, dismissal (πάξ) enough! be quiet!
    pro (not the preposition) grief, wonder oh!
    pro Iuppiter, pro appeal to the gods by Jupiter! by the immortal
    di immortales gods! by Heaven!
    st call for silence shhh! hush!
    vae, vae mihi sorrow or misery woe! woe is me!
    vāh pain, dismay, vexation; contempt; ah! wow! ?
    admiration, surprise

    M. Hendry 2006 Sources: http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~econrad/lang/lintj.html, James Stebbins on Latinteach.

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