Translation
woe is me!, oh no!
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Examples
! .
Woe is me! I have no money.
, ?
Oh no, what am I to do?
!
Woe is me, poor wretch that I am!
is woe is me: , the cry of grief, with , the dative of , naming who suffers. It is the dative, never the nominative: is a learner's mistake. Comedy uses it for every small disaster, and the Vulgate for real ones (, Isaiah 6.5). Swap the person and the line still works: , woe to you; , woe to the conquered.
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