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|lshtext=<b>ēn</b>: interj. etym. dub.; cf. Gr. ἤν, ἠνί; acc. to Rib. Lat. Part. p. 34 sq. compounded of [[obsolete]] interjection e and enclitic ne, as in [[quin]], etc.,<br /><b>I</b> lo! [[behold]]! see! see [[there]]! ([[class]].; [[most]] freq. in Verg.; in Plaut. and Ter. [[often]] em, q. v.).<br /><b>I</b> In presenting in a [[lively]] (or [[indignant]]) [[manner]] [[something]] [[important]] or [[unexpected]] (en habet vim indignationis, Donat. ad Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 1).—With nom. (so [[usually]], v. Krebs, Antibarb. p. 407): ubi [[rorarii]] estis? en sunt. Ubi sunt accensi? Ecce, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 58 Müll.; cf. Verg. E. 5, 65: en foederum interpretes, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21: en [[crimen]], en [[causa]], [[cur]], etc., id. Deiot. 6, 17: en [[Varus]] et legiones, Tac. A. 1, 65: en [[Priamus]], Verg. A. 1, 461 et saep.—With acc. ([[class]].): en memoriam mortui [[sodalis]], Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 93: en causam [[cur]], etc., id. Phil. 5, 6, 15: en habitum, Juv. 2, 72: en animam et mentem, id. 6, 531.—With pronouns: en ego [[vester]] [[Ascanius]], Verg. A. 5 672; so, en ego, Hor. 1, 1, 15; Plin. 21, 3, 9, § 12: en hic, Cic. Fam. 13, 15; id. Clu. 65, 184; Ov. M. 11, 7; cf.: [[consul]] en, inquit, hic est, Liv. 22, 6: em illaec sunt [[aedes]], Plaut. Trin. prol. 3: en cui, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 37: en [[quod]], id. ib. 2, 5, 47.—With [[whole]] sentences: en mehercule in [[vobis]] [[resident]] [[mores]] pristini, Plaut. Truc. prol. 7; Liv. 28, 27; Verg. A. 7, 545; 9, 7; Val. Fl. 1, 226; Luc. 6, 51; Curt. 10, 2 et saep.: en [[ecce]], Sen. Oedip. 1004; App. M. 8, p. 213, 24; id. ib. 10, p. 243, 6.—Even en en occurs, Sen. Herc. Fur. 523.—<br /><b>II</b> In interrogations.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[excite]] the [[attention]] of the [[hearer]]: en ibi tu [[quicquam]] nasci putas posse, aut coli natum? Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 5: en [[quid]] agis? Pers. 3, 5; Val. Max. 7, 6, 3 ext.— More freq.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Manifesting the [[speaker]]'s [[wonder]], [[anger]], or [[excitement]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[quid]], [[cur]], etc.: en [[quid]] [[ago]]? Verg. A. 4, 534; cf.: en haec promissa [[fides]] est, id. ib. 6, 346; Prud. Apoth. 470: en [[quid]] agam? [[why]], [[what]] shall I do? Pers. 5, 134: en quo [[discordia]] cives Produxit miseros? Verg. E. 1, 72: en [[cur]] [[magister]] ejus possideat campi [[Leontini]] duo milia jugerum immunia? Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[umquam]] (or in one [[word]], enumquam): en [[umquam]] aspiciam te? [[ever]] [[indeed]]? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 189; so [[very]] freq.: en [[umquam]], id. Cist. 1, 1, 88; id. Men. 1, 2, 34; 5, 5, 26; id. Rud. 4, 3, 48; 4, 4, 73; Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 15; Liv. 4, 3; 8, 30; 9, 10; Verg. E. 1, 68: en erit [[umquam]] [[ille]] [[dies]], etc., id. ib. 8, 7; Sil. 16, 91 et saep.; cf.: enumquam [[ecquando]], Paul. ex Fest. p. 76, 7 Müll.; and, enumquam, εἴ ποτε, καί ποτε, Gloss. Philox.: en [[usquam]], [[οὐδαμόθεν]], [[εἴπου]], ib.—<br /><b>III</b> With imperatives, to [[incite]] to [[action]]; Engl, [[Come]]! en me [[dato]], Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 31: hos [[tibi]] dant calamos, en accipe, Musae, Verg. E. 6, 69: en [[age]] segnes Rumpe moras, id. G. 3, 42; so, en [[age]] dum, Prop. 1, 1, 21; Sil. 3, 179; Val. Fl. 4, 70; Pers. 5, 134.—Cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 367-373.