au
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
Latin > English
au INTERJ :: oh! ow! oh dear! goodness gracious! (used by women to express consternation)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
au: interj., v. 2. hau.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) au¹⁵ ou hau, interj. marquant le trouble, la surprise, l’impatience ; sert à interpeller : ho ! ha ! holà ! Pl. St. 258 ; Ter. Eun. 899, etc.
(2) au, = ab en composition devant f.
Latin > German (Georges)
au! od. hau! Interi. ach! ach! ei bewahre! ach geh! Ausdruck der Überraschung u. Entrüstung, Afran. com. 103. Plaut. Stich. 243 R. u. 259. Ter. Andr. 751 (u. dazu Spengel) u.a.: au au! Ter. adelph. 336. Petr. 67, 13: bes. oft au (te) obsecro, Afran. com. 97. Ter. eun. 656; heaut. 1015; Phorm. 803.
