ohe Latin · revision 34340

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈoː.(ɦ)ɛ], [ˈo.(ɦ)ɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɔː.e]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ōhē''' or '''ŏhē''' (interjection)^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

+ The quantity of the first syllable varies in verse, and Martial uses both in one poem.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)

+ Some manuscripts of the ''Querolus'' write ''oe''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The origin is uncertain.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The OLD suggests that it may be the same as [[grc|ὠή|tr=ōḗ]],^(OLD 2012) Köbler compares the Greek word and [[m|la|eho]],^(Köbler 2010) and the TLL compares the Greek interjection while noting that its force and use differ.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on,^(Köbler 2010) calling on someone to stop: ''ohe, iam satis'', “hey, that's enough”, and ''ohe, inquam, si quid audis'', “hey, I say, if you hear anything”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is often followed by ''iam'' or ''iam satis'' (''ohe, iam desine'', “hey, stop now”).^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) It also expresses impatient protest in general, as in Plautus' ''ohe, odiose facis'', “hey, you're being a nuisance”, and in Terence.^(OLD 2012) Horace writes ''ohe, iam satis est'' in the ''Satires'',^(Conte 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Martial ends a poem by calling to his book ''ohe, iam satis est, ohe, libelle''.^(Georges 1913)^(OLD 2012) The grammarians Charisius and Priscian list it among the interjections, and Charisius, following Romanus, as a word of calling or answering beside ''heus''.^(TLL) A medieval British poem by John of Garland has it as a cry of fear.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it in calling on someone to stop.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it in impatient protest.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace writes ''ohe, iam satis est''.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it to his book.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Interjection===

+ # A call to [[m|en|stop]]: hey! [[m|en|enough]]! (often with ''iam'' or ''iam satis'').^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # Expressing [[m|en|impatience]] or protest.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Expressing [[m|en|fear]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}