I.ah! oh! vah! solus hic homo'st, qui sciat divinitus, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 33; 2, 3, 79; id. Trin. 5, 2, 13 (ante-class. and late Lat.); id. Most. 1, 3, 99: “vah! Homo amicus nobis jam inde a puero,” Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 86: “vah consilium callidum!” id. And. 3, 4, 10; cf.: “cum dolentes dicimus heu! vel cum delectamur vah dicimus,” Aug. Tract. in Joan. 51: “vah! apage te a me,” Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 32; Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 17; 4, 2, 39; id. Eun. 4, 5, 4: “vah! perii! hoc malum integrascit,” id. And. 4, 2, 5; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 12; Vulg. Job, 39, 25; id. Matt. 27, 40.
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vah (fuller form vaha , Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 25; Afran. ap. Charis. p. 187 P.), interj., = Gr. οὐά, οὐᾶ; an exclamation of astonishment, joy, anger, etc.,
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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