interjection
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em
Classical[ˈẽː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛm]
Meaning
- here is, see!; this is why
em tibi!
here's for you! (a blow, beating)Em tibi ― Quid tibi istunc tactiost? ― Quia Iuppiter iussit meus.
c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina 2.6.53–54
em, i. q. eum, v. is
I. init.
em, interj., = en (freq. in Plaut. and Ter. in best MSS.), Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 42; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 29; id. Trin. prol. 3 (v. Brix ad loc.); id. ib. 1, 2, 148; id. Most. 5, 2, 58; id. Men. 2, 1, 26; id. Am. 2, 2, 146 Ussing ad loc.; Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 6 al., v. en.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
em
interj., of wonder or emphasis, there!: em tibi, there's for you, T.