eiulo

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

ējŭlo, āre (also dep. hejulor, āri, Prisc. 797), v. n. and a. [from the exclamation hei, heu; cf. Doëd. Syn. 3, p. 156].

I Neutr. , to wail , lament , Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 39; 4, 9, 17; 4, 10, 66; id. Merc. 4, 1, 16; * Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19; Gell. 12, 5, 9; Vulg. Job, 35, 9 al.—

II Act. , to bewail , lament over a person or thing (post - class.): fortunas meas, Ap. Met. 3, 1, 16; sese altius, id. ib. 4, 24, 7.

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