cor+meum+finditur+pl

heu! interj. (constr. absol. or with acc., rarely with nom. or voc.; cf. Huschke ad Tib. 2, 6, 28; Forbig. and Wagn. ad Verg. A. 2, 274. The passages cited for heu mihi, etc., Hand, Turs. III. 68 sq., are mostly corrected in recent edd.)

An exclamation of grief or pain, oh! ah! alas! heu heu, quam ego malis perdidi modis, quod tibi detuli et quod dedi! Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 26:

quatenus, heu nefas! Virtutem incolumem odimus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 30; cf.:

palam captis gravis, heu nefas heu,

id. ib. 4, 6, 17: o domus antiqua, heu quam dispari Dominare domino! Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139 (Trag. Rel. Rib. p. 224): heu, mea fortuna, Enn. ap. Non. 90, 14 (Trag. v. 408 Vahl.):

heu, hercle, mulier, multum et audax et mala's,

Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 31:

heu, nimis longo satiate ludo (Mars)!

Hor. C. 1, 2, 37: heu me miseram! interii, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 6 (Trag. v. 228 Vahl.); Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 29; so,

heu me miserum!

Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 10; id. Merc. 3, 4, 39; Ter. And. 4, 1, 22; Afran. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 14:

heu me infelicem!

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 2; Turp. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 73:

heu edepol hominem nihili!

Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 27:

heu edepol res turbulentas!

id. Epid. 1, 1, 68:

heu hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!

id. Men. 2, 2, 41:

heu hercle odiosas res!

id. Mil. 4, 2, 65; id. Men. 5, 2, 119:

heu me, per urbem Fabula quanta fui!

Hor. Epod. 11, 7:

heu, cor meum finditur!

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 17:

heu edepol, patrem eum miserum praedicas!

id. Most. 4, 2, 65:

illuc heu miseri traducimur,

Juv. 3, 159:

heu, edepol ne ego homo vivo miser,

id. Men. 5, 5, 10:

heu, nunc misero mihi demum exsilium infelix,

Verg. A. 10, 849.—

In a few doubtful passages in Plautus as an exclamation of admiration or surprise, oh! heu hercle mortalem catum! Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 147; cf.:

heu edepol mortalis malos!

id. ib. 3, 2, 26.‡ † Heurēsis, ĕos, f., = Heurêsis (a finding out), a Roman festival in November, Calend. Farnes. ap. Orell. Inscr. II. p. 381.

heu! interj. (constr. absol. or with acc., rarely with nom. or voc.; cf. Huschke ad Tib. 2, 6, 28; Forbig. and Wagn. ad Verg. A. 2, 274. The passages cited for heu mihi, etc., Hand, Turs. III. 68 sq., are mostly corrected in recent edd.)

An exclamation of grief or pain, oh! ah! alas! heu heu, quam ego malis perdidi modis, quod tibi detuli et quod dedi! Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 26:

quatenus, heu nefas! Virtutem incolumem odimus,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 30; cf.:

palam captis gravis, heu nefas heu,

id. ib. 4, 6, 17: o domus antiqua, heu quam dispari Dominare domino! Poët. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139 (Trag. Rel. Rib. p. 224): heu, mea fortuna, Enn. ap. Non. 90, 14 (Trag. v. 408 Vahl.):

heu, hercle, mulier, multum et audax et mala's,

Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 31:

heu, nimis longo satiate ludo (Mars)!

Hor. C. 1, 2, 37: heu me miseram! interii, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 6 (Trag. v. 228 Vahl.); Ter. Hec. 2, 2, 29; so,

heu me miserum!

Plaut. Aul. 4, 9, 10; id. Merc. 3, 4, 39; Ter. And. 4, 1, 22; Afran. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, 45; Cic. Phil. 7, 4, 14:

heu me infelicem!

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 2; Turp. ap. Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, 73:

heu edepol hominem nihili!

Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 27:

heu edepol res turbulentas!

id. Epid. 1, 1, 68:

heu hercle hominem multum et odiosum mihi!

id. Men. 2, 2, 41:

heu hercle odiosas res!

id. Mil. 4, 2, 65; id. Men. 5, 2, 119:

heu me, per urbem Fabula quanta fui!

Hor. Epod. 11, 7:

heu, cor meum finditur!

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 17:

heu edepol, patrem eum miserum praedicas!

id. Most. 4, 2, 65:

illuc heu miseri traducimur,

Juv. 3, 159:

heu, edepol ne ego homo vivo miser,

id. Men. 5, 5, 10:

heu, nunc misero mihi demum exsilium infelix,

Verg. A. 10, 849.—

In a few doubtful passages in Plautus as an exclamation of admiration or surprise, oh! heu hercle mortalem catum! Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 147; cf.:

heu edepol mortalis malos!

id. ib. 3, 2, 26.‡ † Heurēsis, ĕos, f., = Heurêsis (a finding out), a Roman festival in November, Calend. Farnes. ap. Orell. Inscr. II. p. 381.

findo, fĭdi, fissum, 3, v. a. [root Sanscr. bhid-, to cleave; Germ. beissen; Engl. bite], to cleave, split, part, separate, divide (class.; cf.: scindo, seco, caedo).

Lit.: hoc enim quasi rostro finditur Fibrenus et divisus aequaliter in duas partes latera haec alluit, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6; cf.:

inimicam findite rostris Hanc terram,

Verg. A. 10, 295:

patrios findere sarculo agros,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 11:

terras vomere,

Ov. A. A. 2, 671:

mare carinā,

Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 35:

Assaraci tellus, quam... Findunt Scamandri flumina,

Hor. Epod. 13, 14:

hiulca siti findit Canis aestifer arva,

Verg. G. 2, 353; cf.:

arentes cum findit Sirius agros,

Tib. 1, 7, 21:

rubra Canicula findet Statuas,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 39:

os,

Cels. 8, 4 med.; cf. id. 8, 3 fin.:

specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas,

Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 160; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 21:

hic locus est, partes ubi se via findit in ambas,

Verg. A. 6, 540; id. G. 2, 78; Ov. M. 4, 65.—

In part. perf.:

fissa ferarum ungula,

Lucr. 4, 680:

ungulae equi,

Suet. Caes. 61:

lingua in partes duas,

Ov. M. 4, 585:

lignum,

Verg. A. 9, 413:

ferulae,

Cels. 8, 10; cf. id. 8, 3 fin. —

Mid., to split, burst ( poet. and very rare):

turgescit bilis: findor,

I am ready to burst with rage, Pers. 3, 8:

cor meum et cerebrum finditur,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 4, 17: Marsis finduntur cantibus angues, Ov. Med. fac. 39.—

Trop., to divide ( poet. and very seldom):

Idus sunt agendae, Qui dies mensem Veneris marinae Findit Aprilem,

Hor. C. 4, 11, 16:

fissa voluntas,

Prud. Psych. 760.—Hence, fissum, i, n., a cleft, slit, fissure.

In gen. (very rare):

postquam implevisti fusti fissorum caput,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 7:

ad ani fissa,

Cels. 5, 20, 5.—

Esp., in the lang. of augurs, of the divided liver:

jecorum,

Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.:

fissum in exitis,

id. ib. 1, 10, 16;

jecoris,

id. N. D. 3, 6, 14:

familiare et vitale,

id. Div. 2, 13, 32.