interjection
eho
eho
Classical[ˈe.(ɦ)ɔ]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.o]
Meaning
- look here!, look you!, holla!, hey!
Eho tu!
Hey you!Eho puer.
Look here boy!
ĕhŏ, interj.; in the comic poets, used in asking, commanding, or scolding,
I. ha? ho! holla! soho!
A. In vehement questions, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 69; 5, 2, 22; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 5:
eho tu, id. Merc. 1, 2, 77; Ter. And. 5, 4, 5; id. Eun. 4, 4, 24; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 35.—B. In impetuous commands, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 157; id. Men. 2, 3, 78; id. Ps. 1, 3, 114; Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 13:
eho puer, id. Hec. 4, 4, 97.—C. In angry remonstrance or invective, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 40; id. Mil. 3, 2, 12; id. Pers. 3, 3, 2; Ter. And. 4, 2, 27; id. Phorm. 4, 4, 3.—
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
eho
interj, look here! look you! holla! soho!: Eho tu, emin ego te? T.: Eho tu inpudens, T.— With enclit. dum., see here now, just look here!: eho dum bone vir, T.