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There are manyinterjections in theLatin language, though by their nature they are not often found in the formal register of writtenClassical Latin, being mostly attested in certain comedies, by playwrights such asTerence andPlautus, which are written in a style more similar toVulgar Latin. Terms used to express surprise or attract attention include "heu!" or "eheu!" (alas!), more commonly "vae!" with the same meaning, "euge!" (hurrah!) and "amen!" (truly, let it be) borrowed from the Hebrew. Invocations of the lower gods are plenty; most commonly "Pol!" (by Pollux!) and "mehercle!" (my Hercules!) while the names of higher deities are less common. Another interjection, "Vah!" Which simply means "Hah!"
Aulus Gellius,Noctes Atticae, Liber XI:VI "III. Cur autem viri Castorem iurantes non appellaverint, non facile dictu est. Nusquam igitur scriptum invenire est apud idoneos quidem scriptores aut "mehercle" feminam dicere aut "mecastor" virum; IV. "edepol" autem, quod iusiurandum per Pollucem est, et viro et feminae commune est. V. Sed M. Varro adseverat antiquissimos viros neque per Castorem neque per Pollucem deiurare solitos, sed id iusiurandum fuisse tantum feminarum ex initiis Eleusinis acceptum; VI. paulatim tamen inscitia antiquitatis viros dicere "edepol" coepisse factumque esse ita dicendi morem, sed "mecastor" a viro dici in nullo vetere scripto inveniri."https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Noctes_Atticae/Liber_XI
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