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Webster 1913 Edition
Vae
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vae
vae
Latin
Interjection
vae!
- woe, alas
- Vae victis!
- Woe to the conquered
- Vae, puto deus fio
- Alas, I think I become a god
- Vae victis!
Usage notes
Takes the dative
References
- vae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- VAE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vae”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Palu'e
vae
Etymology
From Proto-Central Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Noun
vae
- water (clear liquid H₂O)