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oh, interj., an expression for the most various emotions of the mind—for surprise, both joyful and painful; for great pleasure or sorrow; for earnest wishing, admiration, aversion, etc.—oh! O! ah! oh, tibi ego ut credam, furcifer? Ter. And. 3, 5, 12: oh, iniquus es, id. Heaut. 5, 3, 8: oh perii! Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 19: oh, probus homo sum, id. Most. 1, 3, 86.
Repeated, oh, oh, oh, as an exclamation of lamentation, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 6: oh, oh, as an exclamation of exultation, id. Most. 1, 4, 12 (al. oh, al. ohoho).

ŏhē, interj., ho! holloa! soho! ho there! ohe, inquam, si quid audis, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 4: ohe, Jam satis est, id. Stich. 5, 4, 52; Hor. S. 1, 5, 12; id. ib. 2, 5, 96; so Mart. 4, 91, 1 and 9.

ŏho, interj., an exclamation of surprise or joy, oho! aha! oho, amabo, quid illuc non properas? Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 51; id. Ps. 4, 2, 32 (dub. in both passages; al. ohe).

ohoho, v. oh.