Translation
alas!, oh dear!
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Examples
fugaces, Postume, Postume, labuntur .
Alas, Postumus, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by.
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Oh dear, what have I done?
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Alas, I have nothing.
is a fuller , a groan of grief or regret. Its most famous use opens Horace, Odes 2.14: fugaces, Postume, Postume, labuntur .
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