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Ar. and V. κράσπεδα, τά.
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<b class="b2">Hem in</b>: P. and V. εἴργειν, κατείργειν, ἐγκλῄειν, V. συνείργειν, P. περικλῄειν, ἐγκαταλαμβάνειν.
<b class="b2">Be hemmed in</b>: also P. ἐνειλεῖσθαι (Thuc. 7, 81).
<b class="b2">Hedge round</b>: P. and V. φράσσειν, P. ἐμφράσσειν, ἀποφράσσειν.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>hem</b>: (also em, and [[often]] [[confounded]] in MSS. and edd. [[with]] em and en, q. v.), interj., an [[expression]] of [[surprise]], in a [[good]] or [[bad]] [[sense]]; of [[admiration]], [[joy]], of [[grief]], [[indignation]], etc. ([[like]] the intensive [[ehem]], an [[expression]] of [[joyful]] [[surprise]]),<br /><b>I</b> oho! [[indeed]]! [[well]]! [[well]] to be [[sure]]! hah! [[alas]]! alack! Ag. Ego [[sum]] ipsus, quem tu quaeris. Ha. Hem! [[quid]] ego [[audio]]? Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 86; cf. Ter. And. 3, 1, 4: [[hem]], Pamphile, [[optime]] te mihi offers, id. ib. 4, 2, 3: Er. Itane [[Chrysis]]? [[hem]]! My. Nos [[quidem]] pol miseras perdidit, Ter. And. 4, 5, 8; cf. id. Eun. 5, 1, 11: miserum me! [[quanto]] haec dixi cum dolore! [[hem]], Postume, [[tune]] es, etc., Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 45: occepi [[mecum]] cogitare: [[hem]], biduum hic Manendum est soli [[sine]] [[illa]], Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 8: [[hem]] [[tibi]] maledictis pro istis, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 39; cf. id. Ps. 1, 2, 22: [[hem]], [[quid]] ais, [[scelus]]? Ter. And. 4, 1, 42; cf.: audistin', [[obsecro]]? [[hem]] scelera, id. ib. 4, 4, 47: [[hem]] nos homunculi indignamur, si [[quis]], etc., Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4; Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 7.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>hem</b>,¹⁰ interj., ah ! oh ! eh ! [marquant un sentiment pénible, l’indignation, la douleur, etc.] : [[hem]] ! Postume... Cic. Rab. Post. 45, eh [[quoi]] ! [[Postumus]]... ; [[hem]] ! misera [[occidi]] ! Ter. Eun. 827, ah ! malheureuse ! je [[suis]] perdue ! ; [[hem]] ! [[nos]] homunculi indignamur... Sulp. Ruf. d. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 3, hé ! êtres chétifs que nous sommes, nous nous indignons...
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{{Georges
|georg=hem! Interj., [[siehe]]! ei! o! [[ach]]! ([[bei]] [[Verwunderung]], [[Freude]], [[Betrübnis]] usw.), Ter. u. Cic.; vgl. em u. [[ehem]].
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=hem INTERJ :: what's that? (surprise/concern); Ah!/alas! (unhappiness); there/here! (wonder)
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