Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 793.heu on page 793
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heu alas
heu is a Latin Interjection that primarily means alas.
Definitions for heu
Wheelock's Latin
Interjection
- 1
ah!, alas! (a sound of grief or pain)
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Interjection
- 1
(expr. sorrow, regret, etc.) Alas. (b) (followed by exclam. acc.); (also w. gen. or dat.) als for. (c) (followed by a command).
- 2
(in weakened sense, expressing the equivalent of a sigh).
Sentences with heu
Latin to English
Heu, miserande puer, si qua fata aspera rumpas, tu Marcellus eris.Compare Alas, poor youth! If only you could escape your harsh fate! Marcellus you shall be.
Heu facinus! non est hostis metuendus amanti; quod credis fidos, effuge, tutus eris.Compare Ah, the reproach of it! no foe need a lover fear; fly those whom you deem faithful, and you will be safe.
Heu, Fortuna, quis est crudelior in nos te deus? ut semper gaudes illudere rebus humanis!Compare Ah Fortune, what divine power is more cruel towards us than thou! How thou delightest ever to make sport of human affair?
Heu nihil invitis fas quemquam fidere divis!Compare Ah well, there's no trusting the gods for anything, once they're against you!
Vulturus in silvis miserum mandebat homonem. Heu! Quam crudeli condebat membra sepulchro!Compare In the woods, a vulture was devouring the wretched man. Alas! into what atrocious grave were his limbs sinking!
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 230.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 793.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "heu (interj.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/heu.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 230.heu on page 230
