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vah, interj., of surprise, joy or anger, ah! oh!

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Váh Interjection of vah

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vah (fuller form vaha, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 25 (838); Afran. ap. Charis. p. 187 P.), interj., = Gr. οὐά, οὐᾶ; an exclamation of astonishment, joy, anger, etc.,
  • ah! oh! vah! solus hic homo'st, qui sciat divinitus, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 33 (248); 2, 3, 79 (358); id. Trin. 5, 2, 13 (1137) (ante-class. and late Lat.); id. Most. 1, 3, 99 (255): vah! Homo amicus nobis jam inde a puero, Ter. Ad. 440: vah consilium callidum! id. And. 589; 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 (582); Ter. Ad. 315; 578; id. Eun. 730: vah! perii! hoc malum integrascit, id. And. 688; id. Heaut. 253; Vulg. Job 39, 25; id. Matt. 27, 40.

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