āh or ā (v. Neue, Formenl. II. 812), interj. [acc. to Prisc. 570 P. contract. from aha], ah! alas! ha! ah me! an exclamation. I. Of pain or grief, Gr. ai)/, ai)/: ah, nescis quam doleam, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 61; Verg. E. 1, 15. —II. Of entreaty to avert an evil: ah! noli,
do not
,
I pray!
Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 22. —III. Of indignation or reproach: ah stulte, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 6: ah, rogitas?id. And. 5, 1, 9; 3, 1, 11.—IV. Of admonition: ah, ne me obsecra, Ter. And. 3, 3, 11: ah desine, id. ib. 5, 6, 8.—V. Of consolation: quid? ah volet, certo scio, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 50.—VI. Of raillery or joy, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 39.
