eho

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ĕhŏ, interj.; in the comic poets, used in asking, commanding, or scolding,

I ha? ho! holla! soho!

A In vehement questions, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 69; 5, 2, 22; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 5: eho tu, id. Merc. 1, 2, 77; Ter. And. 908; id. Eun. 691; id. Phorm. 382.—

B In impetuous commands, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 157; id. Men. 2, 3, 78; id. Ps. 1, 3, 114; Ter. Ad. 970: eho puer, id. Hec. 719.—

C In angry remonstrance or invective, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 40; id. Mil. 3, 2, 12; id. Pers. 3, 3, 2; Ter. And. 710; id. Phorm. 684.—

II With affixed dum , Ter. And. 184; 616; 324; id. Eun. 360.

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