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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>vae</b>: interj. [[οὐαί]], an [[exclamation]] of [[pain]] or [[dread]],<br /><b>I</b> ah! [[alas]]!<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: [[Mantua]], vae, miserae [[nimium]] vicina Cremonae, Verg. E. 9, 28; Hor. C. 1, 13, 3: vae [[verbero]]! Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 51.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Very freq. [[like]] the Gr. [[οὐαί]] and [[our]] [[woe]]! [[with]] dat.: vae [[misero]] mihi! Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 94; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 9: mihi, id. Eun. 4, 4, 42: [[illi]], Plaut. As. 2, 2, 7: [[tergo]] meo, id. Men. 2, 2, 3; cf. id. Capt. 3, 4, 117: capiti [[atque]] aetati tuae, id. Rud. 2, 3, 44.—Esp., in the [[exclamation]] ascribed to [[Brennus]]: vae victis! intoleranda Romanis vox, Liv. 5, 48, 9; Flor. 1, 13, 17; Fest. p. 372 Müll.; Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 19; also, as [[title]] of a Satire by [[Varro]], v. Non. 82, 17; 156, 13; 492, 8 (Müll. de victis).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Very [[rarely]] [[with]] acc.: vae te! [[woe]] to [[you]]! Plaut. As. 2, 4, 75: scelesta, vae te! Cat. 8, 15: vae me! Sen. Apocol. 4, 3.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>væ</b>,¹¹ interj. ([[οὐαί]]), las ! hélas ! ah ! Virg. B. 9, 28 ; Hor. O. 1, 13, 3 &#124;&#124; [avec un dat.] : væ [[misero]] [[mihi]] ! Pl. Amph. 726, malheur à moi ! væ illis miseris virgis, quæ [[hodie]] in [[tergo]] morientur [[meo]] Pl. Capt. 650, malheur à ces pauvres verges qui mourront aujourd’[[hui]] sur mon [[dos]] ; væ victis ! Liv. 5, 48, 9, malheur aux vaincus ! &#124;&#124; [avec un acc.] Pl. As. 481 ; Catul. 8, 15 ; Sen. Apoc. 4, 3.<br />(2) <b>væ</b>, en [[compos]]. = ve 2.
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{{Georges
|georg=vae, Interi. (griech. ουαί, gotisch wai, ahd. wē), zum [[Ausdruck]] [[des]] Schmerzes od. [[des]] Unwillens, [[wehe]], [[ach]], a) absol., Plaut., Verg. u. Hor. – b) m. Dat.: [[vae]] [[misero]] [[mihi]]! Ter.: so [[auch]] [[vae]] [[mihi]]! Ter. u.a.: [[vae]] [[tibi]], Mart. u. Inscr.: [[vae]] [[illi]], [[qui]] etc., [[wehe]] dem usw., Plaut.: [[vae]] aetati tuae! Plaut.: [[vae]] capiti tuo, Plaut.: [[vae]] [[tergo]] [[meo]]! o [[weh]], [[mein]] [[Rücken]]! Plaut.: [[vae]] peccatis hominum! Augustin. – dah. [[vae]] victis! »[[wehe]] den Besiegten!« [[ein]] [[Ausruf]], den die Gallier, die Rom verbrannt hatten, [[vor]] ihrem Abzuge [[gegen]] die [[Römer]] gebrauchten, [[Flor]]. 1, 13, 17: [[dafür]] [[vae]] victis [[esse]], Liv. 5, 48, 9: [[dann]] sprichw. = [[Gewalt]] tut [[weh]], Plaut. Pseud. 1317; vgl. [[Fest]]. 372 (b), 4. – c) ([[selten]]) m. Acc.: [[vae]] te! o [[über]] dich! daß dich [[doch]]! Plaut. asin. 481. Catull. 8, 15: [[vae]] me! Sen. apoc. 4, 3. Vgl. [[Caper]] 101, 6 K. Beda de orthogr. 294, 14 K. – in der Bibelspr. [[auch]] subst., das Wehe, zB. [[erga]] quem delinquentes [[vae]] essent habituri, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 27: [[vae]] unum abiit et [[ecce]] veniunt [[adhuc]] [[duo]] [[vae]] [[post]] [[haec]], Vulg. apoc. 9, 12.
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