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φεῦ

φεῦ, ah! alas! woe!

φεῦ, exclamation of grief or anger,
  • alas! freq. in Trag.; φ. τάλας S. Aj. 983, etc.: freq. c. gen., φ. τοῦ ὄρνιθος . . A. Th. 597, cf. S. El. 920, 1183; φ. τῆς βροτείας [φρενός] E. Hipp. 936: joined with other exclam., οἰοῖ δᾶ φ. A. Eu. 841 (lyr.); παπαῖ φ. or φ. π., S. Ph. 785, 792; φ. ὦ Ἑλλάς X. Ages. 7.5, cf. Cyr. 7.3.8.
    • II of astonishment or admiration, ah! oh! E. Heracl. 552, El. 262, Ph. 1740 (lyr.), Pl. Phdr. 273c, etc., cf. Sch. Ar. Av. 162; doubled, φ. φ. E. Heracl. 535, Ar. l.c., Theoc. 5.86: c. gen., φ. φ. τῆς ὥρας, τοῦ κάλλους Ar. Av. 1724 (lyr.); φ. τοῦ ἀνδρός oh, what a man! X. Cyr. 3.1.39 (where, however, there is also a sense of grief): also φ. τὸ καὶ λαβεῖν πρόσφθεγμα τοιοῦδʼ ἀνδρός oh, but to get speech of such a man! S. Ph. 234; folld. by a relat., φεῦ, ὅσῳ λέγεις κτλ. Pl. Phdr. 263d; φ. ὡς εὖ λέγεις Id. Hp. Ma. 287b.—φεῦ in Trag. and Com. Poets sts. stands extra versum, A. Ag. 1307, Ch. 194, Ar. Nu. 41, etc.; when it forms part of the verse, it is usu. at the beginning, but not so in S. Ph. 234, 1302.

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