I.ah! alas! ha! ah me! an exclamation.
II. Of entreaty to avert an evil: “ah! noli,” do not, I pray! Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 22. —
III. Of indignation or reproach: “ah stulte,” Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 6: “ah, rogitas?” id. And. 5, 1, 9; 3, 1, 11.—
VI. Of raillery or joy, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 39.