Meaning of eheu | Babel Free

Definitions

expression of pain; alas!

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Examples

“I can just hear you call your Palace class: / Come learn the Latin Eheu for alas.”

“Quem procul ex algā maestīs Mīnōis ocellīs saxea ut effigiēs bacchantis prōspicit, ēheu,”

Whom the Minoan one far off from the seaweed with sorrowful little eyes, She stony as a statue of Bacchus, looks forth, alas, She looks forth and rages with great waves of cares,

“Eheu fugace, Postume, Postume labuntur anni nec pietas moram rugis et instanti senectae”

Alas, my Postumus, the fleeting years Will fall away, nor will piety cause Delay to wrinkles or to advancing Old age or to indomitable death.

“quotiensque puer miserabilis "eheu"”

and as often as the poor boy says "Alas!" again with answering utterance she cries "Alas!"

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