interjection
eu
eu
Classical[ˈɛu̯]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛːu̯]
Meaning
- bravo! well done!
eu, interj., = εὖ,
I. well! well done! bravo! an exclamation of joy or approbation, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 26; Ter. Phorm. 3, 1, 14; Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 10; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 74; Hor. A. P. 328.—Esp.:
Eu Hercle! Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 31; id. Rud. 3, 5, 41; id. Most. 3, 1, 58 al. Cf. Hand, Turs. II. p. 609 sq.; and see euge.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
eu
interj., εὖ, bravo! well! well done!: Eu noster, laudo, T.: ‘eu!’ that's right, H.
Origins
Compare Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”, adverb).