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aēnĕus (less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj., of bronze [aes].

  1. I. Of copper or bronze: equus, Cic. Off. 3, 9: statua, id. Phil. 9, 6: candelabra, id. Verr. 2, 4, 26: loricae, Nep. Iphicr. 1; Hor. C. 3, 3, 65; 3, 9, 18; 3, 16, 1; id. Ep. 2, 1, 248: ahenea proles, the brazen age, Ov. M. 1, 125: aëneus (quadrisyl.) ut stes, i. e. that a bronze statue may be erected to thee, id. Sat. 2, 3, 183.
  2. II. Of the color of bronze: barba, Suet. Ner. 2; cf. Aenobarbus.

ăēnĭpes or ăhēnĭpes, ĕdis, adj. [aeneus-pes], that has feet of bronze, bronzefooted, χαλκόπους: boves, Ov. H. 6, 32: equi, Prud. adv. Symm. 1, 531.

Ăēnŏbarbus (earlier, Ăēn-), i, m. [aeneus, II., and barba. Red-beard], a family name of the Domitian gens, Suet. Ner. 1 Oud.; Inscr. Orell. 3793.

3. ăēnus (trisyl.; less freq. ăhēn-), a, um, adj. [aes], of copper or bronze (only poet. for aheneus; yet Hor. uses the latter oftener than the former).

  1. I. Lit.: signa, the bronze images of the gods, Lucr 1, 316: ahënis in scaphiis, id. 6, 1045, falcīs, id. 5, 1293; cf. Verg. A. 4, 513; lux, i. e. armorum aënorum, id. ib. 2, 470: crateres, id. ib. 9, 165.
    Hence, ăēnum (sc. vas), a bronze vessel: litore aëna locant, Verg. A. 1, 213; so Ov. M. 6, 645, Juv. 15, 81 al., of the bronze vessels in which the purple color was prepared, Ov. F 3, 822; Sen. Herc. Oet. 663; Stat. S. 1, 2, 151 (hence, aenulum).
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. Firm, invincible (cf. adamantinus): manus, Hor. C. 1, 35, 18.
    2. B. Hard, rigorous, inexorable: corda, Stat. Th. 3, 380.

āh or ā (v. Neue, Formenl. II. 812), interj. [acc. to Prisc. 570 P. contract. from aha], ah! alas! ha! ah me! an exclamation.

  1. I. Of pain or grief, Gr. αἴ, αἴ: ah, nescis quam doleam, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 61; Verg. E. 1, 15.
  2. II. Of entreaty to avert an evil: ah! noli, do not, I pray! Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 22.
  3. III. Of indignation or reproach: ah stulte, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 6: ah, rogitas? id. And. 5, 1, 9; 3, 1, 11.
  4. IV. Of admonition: ah, ne me obsecra, Ter. And. 3, 3, 11: ah desine, id. ib. 5, 6, 8.
  5. V. Of consolation: quid? ah volet, certo scio, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 50.
  6. VI. Of raillery or joy, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 39.

ăhă, interj. [acc. to Prisc. 570 P., primitive of the preced., but more rare], aha! ah! haha! an exclamation.

  1. I. Of reproof or denial: aha, tace, Plaut. Truc. 4, 4, 36; id. Rud. 2, 4, 6: aha, minime, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 54.
  2. II. Of laughter, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 7, 11.

Ăhāla, ae, m., a Roman family name, e. g. C. Servilius Ahala, who slew the turbulent Maelius, Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3; id. Sen. 16, 56.

Aharna, ae, f., a town in Etruria, Liv. 10, 25.

ăhēnātor, v. aëneator.

ăhēnĕus, ahenipes, etc., v. aën-.