hui

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

hui, interj., an exclamation of astonishment or admiration,

hah! ho! oh! hui, homunculi quanti estis, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 65: hui, dixti pulchre! Ter. Phorm. 302: triginta? hui, percara est! id. ib. 558: hui, tam cito? ridiculum, id. And. 474: Ch. Prorsum nihil intelligo. Sy. Hui, tardus est! id. Heaut. 776: hui, quantam fenestram ad nequitiam patefeceris! id. ib. 480: videbam sermones: Hui! fratrem reliquit? Cic. Att. 6, 6, 3; 5, 11, 1: hui quam diu de nugis! id. ib. 13, 21, 5; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.

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