φεῦ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=exclamation of grief or anger,<br><span class="bld">A</span> alas! freq. in Trag.; φ. τάλας [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''983, etc.: freq. c. gen., <b class="b3">φ. τοῦ ὄρνιθος</b>.. A.''Th.''597, cf. S.''El.''920, 1183; <b class="b3">φ. τῆς βροτείας [φρενός]</b> E.''Hipp.''936: joined with other [[exclamation]], οἰοῖ δᾶ φ. A.''Eu.''841 (lyr.); <b class="b3">παπαῖ φ.</b> or <b class="b3">φ. π.</b>, S.''Ph.''785,792; φ. ὦ Ἑλλάς X.''Ages.''7.5, cf. ''Cyr.''7.3.8.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of astonishment or admiration, ah! oh! E.''Heracl.''552, ''El.''262, ''Ph.''1740 (lyr.), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 273c, etc., cf. Sch.[[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''162; doubled, φ. φ. E.''Heracl.''535, Ar. [[l.c.]], Theoc.5.86: c. gen., φ. φ. τῆς ὥρας, τοῦ κάλλους [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1724 (lyr.); <b class="b3">φ. τοῦ ἀνδρός</b> [[oh]], what a man! [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.1.39 (where, however, there is also a sense of [[grief]]): also <b class="b3">φ. τὸ καὶ λαβεῖν πρόσφθεγμα τοιοῦδ' ἀνδρός</b> [[oh]], but to get speech of such a man! S.''Ph.''234; followed by a relat., φεῦ, ὅσῳ λέγεις κτλ. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''263d; φ. ὡς εὖ λέγεις Id.''Hp. Ma.''287b.—[[φεῦ]] in Trag. and Com. Poets sometimes stands extra versum, A.''Ag.''1307, ''Ch.''194, Ar.''Nu.''41, etc.; when it forms part of the verse, it is usually at the beginning, but not so in S.''Ph.''234, 1302.