heia Latin · revision 33929

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=grc εἶα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈhɛj.ja]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɛː.ja]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''heia''' (interjection)^(OLD 2012)

+ It is also spelled ''eia''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|εἶα|tr=eîa|t=come on!]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus uses it first, as in the ''Amphitruo'', where one speaker objects, "enemies, indeed?", to another's talk of enemies.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is an exclamation for several attitudes.^(OLD 2012) It can express protest, as in Plautus' ''Amphitruo'' and ''Asinaria'' (''heia, bene dīcite'', "come, speak kindly"),^(OLD 2012) or reluctant agreement: in Cicero's ''De re publica'' a speaker says that he will humour the others and soil himself knowingly.^(OLD 2012) It also expresses astonishment or delight, as in Plautus' "what a body!" and "this is sweeter than sweet honey!", and in Terence's "how elegant!"^(OLD 2012) Most often it urges someone on: Ennius has ''heia māchaerās'', "out swords!", Virgil ''heia age, rumpe morās'', "come on, break off delay", and ''hostis adest, heia'', "the enemy is here, up!", and Persius ''heia surge'', "come on, get up".^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary also gives a doubting "you don't say?".^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of protest and astonishment.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius, "out swords!".^(OLD 2012)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of delight.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of reluctant agreement.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil, "come on, break off delay".^(OLD 2012)

+ * 34–62 AD – Persius, "come on, get up".^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Interjection===

+ # ''(protest)'' Come now!, [[m|en|indeed]]?^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(concession)'' Well then!^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(astonishment, delight)'' [[m|en|aha|alt=Aha]]!, oh!^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(urging)'' Come on!, up!^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(doubt)'' You don't say?^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}