I.ah! woe! freq. joined with mihi, ah me! woe is me! hei, perii miser! Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 36: “hei, occidi!” id. Aul. 2, 1, 28: “hei, non placet convivium!” id. Amph. 2, 2, 173: “hei, vereor, ne quid Andria apportet mali,” Ter. And. 1, 1, 46: “hei, metuo lenonem ne, etc.,” id. Phorm. 3, 2, 6: “hei, video uxorem,” id. ib. 5, 3, 14 ei mihi, qualis erat! Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 274; imitated by Verg. A. 2, 274: “hei mihi, perii hercle!” Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 21: Am. Hei mihi! Br. Ne pave, id. Amph. 5, 1, 57: “hei mihi, vereor dicere!” Ter. And. 2, 1, 22: “hei mihi, quantum Praesidium Ausonia et quantum tu perdis, Iule!” Verg. A. 11, 57: “hei mihi! conclamat,” Ov. M. 6, 227: “hei mihi! hei mihi! istaec illum perdidit assentatio,” Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 7: “hei misero mihi!” id. Aul. 2, 2, 23; Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 5. id. Ad. 2, 1, 19.
hei (also ei ), interj., an exclamation of grief or fear,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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