φεῦ, exclamation of grief or anger,
A. alas!freq. in Trag.; φ. τάλας
S. Aj. 983
, etc.: freq. c. gen.,φ. τοῦ ὄρνιθος. . A. Th. 597 , cf. S. El. 920 , 1183 ;φ. τῆς βροτείας [φρενός] E. Hipp. 936 : joined with other exclam., οἰοῖ δᾶ φ.
A. Eu. 841
(lyr.);παπαῖ φ.orφ. π.,
S. Ph. 785 , 792 ; φ. ὦ Ἑλλάς
X. Ages. 7.5
, cf. Cyr. 7.3.8 .
II. of astonishment or admiration,ah! oh!
E. Heracl. 552 , El. 262 , Ph. 1740 (lyr.), Pl. Phdr. 273c , etc., cf. Sch. Ar. Av. 162 ; doubled, φ. φ.
E. Heracl. 535
, Ar. l.c., Theoc. 5.86 : c. gen., φ. φ. τῆς ὥρας, τοῦ κάλλους
Ar. Av. 1724
(lyr.);φ. τοῦ ἀνδρός oh,what a man! X. Cyr. 3.1.39 (where, however, there is also a sense ofgrief): alsoφ. τὸ καὶ λαβεῖν πρόσφθεγμα τοιοῦδ' ἀνδρός oh,but to get speech of such a man! S. Ph. 234 ; folld. by a relat., φεῦ, ὅσῳ λέγεις κτλ.