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Latin > English

en INTERJ :: behold! see! lo! here! hey! look at this!

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ēn: 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.,
I lo! behold! see! see there! (class.; most freq. in Verg.; in Plaut. and Ter. often em, q. v.).
I 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.—
II In interrogations.
   A 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.,
   B Manifesting the speaker's wonder, anger, or excitement.
   1    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.—
   2    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.—
III 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ēn,⁹
1 [interjection ] voici, voilà : [avec le nomin.] en causa cur Cic. Dej. 17, voilà le motif pour lequel ; [avec l’acc.] Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 93 ; consul en hic est Liv. 22, 6, 3, tiens, voilà le consul || en, cur... possideat Cic. Phil. 3, 22, voilà pourquoi il possède... || en ecce, pléonasme même sens : Sen. Œd. 1004 || eh bien, allons [avec impératif]: Virg. B. 6, 69
2 [particule interrog.] en unquam ? est-ce que quelque jour ? est-ce que jamais ? Pl. Trin. 590 ; Men. 143 ; 925 ; Rud. 987 ; Virg. B. 1, 67 ; Liv. 4, 3, 10 ; [int. indir.] Liv. 24, 14, 3, si jamais.

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) ēn¹, Interj. I) demonstr., griech. ἤν, siehe, seht, man sehe einmal, da ist, da sind, da hast du, da habt ihr, a) m. Nom. u. Acc., en causa, Cic.: en aras, Verg.: so auch zsgzg. ellum, ellam (st. en illum, en illam), Komik. – b) absol.: en, cui tu liberos committas, Cic.: en, cur etc., Cic. – c) m. ecce, aspice, wohlan, en ecce, Sen.: en aspice, Ov. – II) fragend, aus est-ne, ist es so? wohl? denn? en, quo fretus sim, qui etc., Ter.: en, quid ago? Verg.: en, quid agis? Pers. – u. in der Formel en umquam, en umquam futurum etc.? Liv.: verb. mit Wunsch u. zuw. mit Unwillen, en umquam aliquot mea regna videns mirabor aristas? Verg.
(2) en², s. 1. in a. E..

Spanish > Greek

εἰς, ἀμφί, ἔνι, ἐμπίπτω, ἐκ, ἐν, ἔνδον, αἰνικτηρίως, ἐλλαμπρύνομαι, ἀνά, ἀπό, διά, γόνυ