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ēn, interj. [etym. dub.; cf. Gr. ên, êni; acc. to Rib. Lat. Part. p. 34 sq. compounded of obsolete interjection e and enclitic ne, as in quin, etc.], lo! behold! see! see there! (class.; most freq. in Verg.; in Plaut. and Ter. often em, q. v.).

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.—

In interrogations.

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.,

Manifesting the speaker's wonder, anger, or excitement.

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.—

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, ei pote, kai pote, Gloss. Philox.: en usquam, oudamothen, eipou, ib.—

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.

interjectĭo, ōnis, f. [interjacio], a throwing or placing between, insertion.

In gen.:

verborum,

Auct. Her. 1, 6, 9.—

In partic.

In gram., an interjection, Quint. 1, 4, 19.—

In rhet., a parenthesis, an interruption of the principal idea by the insertion of another:

interjectio qua et oratores et historici frequentes utuntur, ut medio sermone aliquem inserant sensum,

Quint. 8, 2, 15.

nĕ-fas, n. indecl., something contrary to divine law, sinful, unlawful, execrable, abominable, criminal; an impious or wicked deed, a sin, a crime (cf.: scelus, flagitium, peccatum).

Lit.:

quicquid non licet, nefas putare debemus,

Cic. Par. 3, 2. 25; cf.:

officia tua mihi nefas est oblivisci,

id. Fam. 15, 21, 5:

Mercurius, quem Aegyptii nefas habent nominare,

id. N. D. 3, 22, 56: nefas est dictu, miseram fuisse talem senectutem, id. Sen. 5, 13:

eum, cui nihil umquam nefas fuit,

id. Mil. 27, 73:

quibus nefas est... deserere patronos,

Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

corpora viva nefas Stygiā vectare carinā,

Verg. A. 6, 391:

fas atque nefas,

right and wrong, id. G. 1, 505; Hor. Epod. 5, 87; cf. id. C. 1, 18, 10; Ov. M. 6, 585:

per omne fas ac nefas,

in every way, Liv. 6, 14, 10:

nefas triste piare,

Verg. A. 2, 184:

illa dolos dirumque nefas in pectore versat, Certa mori,

id. ib. 4, 563:

lex maculosum edomuit nefas,

i. e. adultery, Hor. C. 4, 5, 22:

in omne nefas se parare,

Ov. M. 6, 613:

summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori,

Juv. 8, 83:

belli,

civil war, Luc. 2, 507; cf.:

fugiens civile nefas,

id. 7, 432:

magnum nefas contrahere,

Just. 24, 3:

facere nefas,

Vulg. Deut. 22, 21:

operari,

ib. Lev. 20, 13.— Poet., of a wicked person, a wretch, monster:

exstinxisse nefas tamen... Laudabor (i. e. Helen, as the destroyer of Troy),

Verg. A. 2, 585.—Also inserted as an interjection, O horrid! shocking! dreadful! quātenus, heu nefas! virtutem incolumem odimus, Hor. C. 3, 24, 30; cf.:

heu nefas, heu!

id. ib. 4, 6, 17:

quosne, nefas! omnes infandā in morte reliqui?

Verg. A. 10, 673:

sequiturque, nefas! Aegyptia conjux,

id. ib. 8, 688:

Lavinia virgo Visa, nefas! longis comprendere crinibus ignem,

O horrible! id. ib. 7, 73.—Esp.:

est nefas,

it is forbidden, contrary to law, Varr. L. L. 6, 4. —

Poet., transf.

A horrible or monstrous thing:

Eumenides Stygiumque nefas,

Luc. 6, 695; 1, 626:

infernum,

id. 7, 170; Stat. Th. 6, 942.—

Impossible: levius fit patientiā Quicquid corrigere est nefas, an impossibility (= athemiton, adunaton), Hor. C. 1, 24, 20.

ob-sĕcro ( op-sĕcro), āvi, ātum, 1 (separate, ob vos sacro, for vos obsecro, Paul. ex Fest. p. 190, Müll.), v. a. [sacro], qs. to ask on religious grounds (ob sacrum), i. e. to beseech, entreat, implore, supplicate, conjure: obsecrare est opem a sacris petere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 183 Müll. (class.; syn.: obtestor, precor, supplico).—With acc. of the pers. or thing:

Venus alma, ambae te obsecramus, Nos in custodiam tuam ut recipias,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 32:

advorsum quam ejus me opsecravisset pater,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 139:

cum eum oraret atque obsecraret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42:

te obsecrat obtestaturque per senectutem suam,

conjures you, id. Quint. 30, 91; id. Sest. 69, 147: cum precibus me obsecraret, Marcell. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 11, 1:

cum multis lacrimis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; cf.

in the foll.: pro di immortales, obsecro vostram fidem,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 97; id. Poen. 5, 2, 7; id. Truc. 4, 3, 30; cf. in the foll.—

With a double acc. (of the pers. and thing):

itaque te hoc obsecrat, ut,

Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

hoc te,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 32.—

With a relative or intentional clause:

ut huc reveniat obsecrato,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 35:

pater, obsecro, ut mihi ignoscas,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 5: te ut omnia perscribas, Cic. Att. 3, 11 fin.; 11, 1, 1:

ut ne,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 27.—

Absol.:

videmus certis precationibus obsecrasse summos magistratus,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 11:

Bassus multis precibus, paene etiam lacrimis obsecrabat, implerem meum tempus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 12:

pro aliquo,

Vulg. Esth. 7, 3; id. Philem. 10.—

In partic., in colloq. lang., obsecro.

As an expression of deprecation, I beseech you, I cry you mercy, for Heaven's sake:

tuam fidem obsecro,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 217:

periimus! Obsecro hercle,

id. Men. 5, 7, 27: Ph. Prodi, male conciliate. Do. Obsecro, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 2.—

As a mere polite expression of entreaty, for the most part as an interjection, I beseech you, pray:

quid illic, opsecro, tam diu restitisti,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 100; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 12:

dic obsecro hercle serio quod te rogem,

id. As. 1, 1, 14; Turp. ap. Non. 132, 15:

obsecro, an is est?

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 21:

Attica mea, obsecro te, quid agit?

Cic. Att. 13, 13, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

sed obsecro te, ita venusta habeantur ista, non ut vincula virorum sint, sed, etc.,

but I beseech you, id. Par. 5, 2, 38; Liv. 5, 6, 3; 6, 40, 10; Gell. 20, 1, 36.

ob-sĕcro ( op-sĕcro), āvi, ātum, 1 (separate, ob vos sacro, for vos obsecro, Paul. ex Fest. p. 190, Müll.), v. a. [sacro], qs. to ask on religious grounds (ob sacrum), i. e. to beseech, entreat, implore, supplicate, conjure: obsecrare est opem a sacris petere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 183 Müll. (class.; syn.: obtestor, precor, supplico).—With acc. of the pers. or thing:

Venus alma, ambae te obsecramus, Nos in custodiam tuam ut recipias,

Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 32:

advorsum quam ejus me opsecravisset pater,

id. Trin. 1, 2, 139:

cum eum oraret atque obsecraret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42:

te obsecrat obtestaturque per senectutem suam,

conjures you, id. Quint. 30, 91; id. Sest. 69, 147: cum precibus me obsecraret, Marcell. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 11, 1:

cum multis lacrimis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 42; cf.

in the foll.: pro di immortales, obsecro vostram fidem,

Plaut. Most. 2, 2, 97; id. Poen. 5, 2, 7; id. Truc. 4, 3, 30; cf. in the foll.—

With a double acc. (of the pers. and thing):

itaque te hoc obsecrat, ut,

Cic. Quint. 31, 97:

hoc te,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 32.—

With a relative or intentional clause:

ut huc reveniat obsecrato,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 35:

pater, obsecro, ut mihi ignoscas,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 5: te ut omnia perscribas, Cic. Att. 3, 11 fin.; 11, 1, 1:

ut ne,

Ter. And. 2, 1, 27.—

Absol.:

videmus certis precationibus obsecrasse summos magistratus,

Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 11:

Bassus multis precibus, paene etiam lacrimis obsecrabat, implerem meum tempus,

Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 12:

pro aliquo,

Vulg. Esth. 7, 3; id. Philem. 10.—

In partic., in colloq. lang., obsecro.

As an expression of deprecation, I beseech you, I cry you mercy, for Heaven's sake:

tuam fidem obsecro,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 217:

periimus! Obsecro hercle,

id. Men. 5, 7, 27: Ph. Prodi, male conciliate. Do. Obsecro, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 2.—

As a mere polite expression of entreaty, for the most part as an interjection, I beseech you, pray:

quid illic, opsecro, tam diu restitisti,

Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 100; id. Bacch. 5, 2, 12:

dic obsecro hercle serio quod te rogem,

id. As. 1, 1, 14; Turp. ap. Non. 132, 15:

obsecro, an is est?

Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 21:

Attica mea, obsecro te, quid agit?

Cic. Att. 13, 13, 3; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 60:

sed obsecro te, ita venusta habeantur ista, non ut vincula virorum sint, sed, etc.,

but I beseech you, id. Par. 5, 2, 38; Liv. 5, 6, 3; 6, 40, 10; Gell. 20, 1, 36.