English → Latin
“oh” in Latin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
oh
oh! (of internal emotion): pro! or proh! (of astonishment and lamentation): hem! (usually denoting astonishment): The interjections are mostly followed by an accusative (rarely by a dative), oh! good heavens! proh dii immortales! deos immortales! pro Deum fidem! me miserum! oh that! o si! o utinam! or simply utinam! Followed by a subjunctive present, imperfect or pluperfect; but with this difference, that the present is used to denote the earnest desire of the party wishing, while the imperfect and pluperfect imply a condition or doubt; e.g., utinam veniat, I (earnestly) wish he may come; utinam veniret, I wish (it were possible that) he might come.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for oh?
- The usual Latin words for “oh” are prō, hem. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.