φεῦ

English (LSJ)

exclamation of grief or anger,

   A alas! freq. in Trag.; φ. τάλας S.Aj.983, etc.: freq. c. gen., φ. τοῦ ὄρνιθος . . A.Th.597, cf. S.El.920, 1183; φ. τῆς βροτείας [φρενός] E.Hipp.936: joined with other exclam., οἰοῖ δᾶ φ. A.Eu.841 (lyr.); παπαῖ φ. or φ. π., S.Ph.785,792; φ. ὦ Ἑλλάς X.Ages.7.5, cf. Cyr.7.3.8.    II of astonishment or admiration, ah! oh! E.Heracl.552, El.262, Ph.1740 (lyr.), Pl.Phdr. 273c, etc., cf. Sch.Ar.Av.162; doubled, φ. φ. E.Heracl.535, Ar. l.c., Theoc.5.86: c. gen., φ. φ. τῆς ὥρας, τοῦ κάλλους Ar.Av.1724 (lyr.); φ. τοῦ ἀνδρός oh, what a man! X.Cyr.3.1.39 (where, however, there is also a sense of grief): also φ. τὸ καὶ λαβεῖν πρόσφθεγμα τοιοῦδ' ἀνδρός oh, but to get speech of such a man! S.Ph.234; folld. by a relat., φεῦ, ὅσῳ λέγεις κτλ. Pl.Phdr.263d; φ. ὡς εὖ λέγεις Id.Hp. Ma.287b.—φεῦ in Trag. and Com. Poets sts. stands extra versum, A.Ag.1307, Ch.194, Ar.Nu.41, etc.; when it forms part of the verse, it is usu. at the beginning, but not so in S.Ph.234, 1302.