LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
interjection

hei

hei
Classical[ˈhɛj]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛj]

Meaning

  1. ah! oh!; an expression of grief or fear
    hei mihi!alas! woe is me!

hei (also ei), interj., an exclamation of grief or fear,
I. ah! woe! freq. joined with mihi, ah me! woe is me! hei, perii miser! Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 36: hei, occidi! id. Aul. 2, 1, 28: hei, non placet convivium! id. Amph. 2, 2, 173: hei, vereor, ne quid Andria apportet mali, Ter. And. 1, 1, 46: hei, metuo lenonem ne, etc., id. Phorm. 3, 2, 6: hei, video uxorem, id. ib. 5, 3, 14 ei mihi, qualis erat! Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 274; imitated by Verg. A. 2, 274: hei mihi, perii hercle! Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 21: Am. Hei mihi! Br. Ne pave, id. Amph. 5, 1, 57: hei mihi, vereor dicere! Ter. And. 2, 1, 22: hei mihi, quantum Praesidium Ausonia et quantum tu perdis, Iule! Verg. A. 11, 57: hei mihi! conclamat, Ov. M. 6, 227: hei mihi! hei mihi! istaec illum perdidit assentatio, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 7: hei misero mihi! id. Aul. 2, 2, 23; Ter. Heaut. 2, 2, 5. id. Ad. 2, 1, 19.

Origins

Expressive.

Quick answers

What does hei mean in Latin?
hei, a interjection, means “ah! oh!; an expression of grief or fear”.
How do you pronounce hei?
In classical Latin, [ˈhɛj]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈɛj].