vaen.

/vʌɪ/

Forms: Also 1500s ve.

Etymology: Latin vae alas!

†1. A denunciation or threatening of woe. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > malediction > [noun]

cursea1050

malisonc1300

woea1425

evil thee1509

thunderbolt1559

vae1559

thunder-crack1577

ban1590

wish1597

anathema1603

imprecation1603

execration1605

thunder-clap1610

deprecationa1661

effulminationa1670

Maranatha1769

winze1786

cuss1829

sailor's blessing1876

blessing1878

sailor's farewell1937

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] > threatening of punishment or vengeance

comminationa1464

vae1559

denunciation1563

1559 Abp. M. Parker et al. Let. to Queen Elizabeth I in Abp. M. Parker Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 79 We should..deserve the wrathful væ and vengeance of God.

1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers F iiij The Lord shal place you among the goates, and pronounce his Ve against you.

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 9 With how many væes and woes to you Scribes and Pharisees did he come vpon them?

a1636 T. Westcote View Devonshire 1630 (1845) 61 There was a væ or woe pronounced against them in these words,—‘Woe unto you Piltonians, that make cloth without wool’.

2. vae victis [Livy Hist. V. xlviii. 9] .

a. int. Woe to the vanquished.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > shout of triumph [interjection]

io paean1592

victory1595

vae victis1612

victoria1639

1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion viii. Illustr. 124 Whence, vpon a murmuring complaint among the Romanes, crying Væ victis, came that to be as prouerbe applied to the conquered.

1792 Burke Let. 3 Jan. in M. Arnold Lett., Speeches & Tracts on Irish Affairs (1881) 259 I cannot say væ victis, and then throw the sword into the scale.

1944 S. Bellow Dangling Man 112 Life is hard. Vae victis! The wretched must suffer.

b. n.phr. The humiliation of the vanquished by their conquerors; the phrase as a maxim or utterance.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > humiliation of vanquished by conquerors

vae victis1819

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. ii. 39 The vae victis, or severities imposed upon the vanquished.

1856 M. Bernard in Oxf. Ess. II. ii. 90 The stonecutter has laboured to produce a vigorous representation of the vae victis—of triumphant pride and abject humiliation.

1904 G. K. Fortescue in Cambr. Mod. Hist. (1907) VIII. xvi. 512 Vae victis was one of the few unchanging revolutionary maxims.

1936 J. Nehru Autobiogr. l. 401 Vae victis seems to run like a thread through these utterances.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	vae
释义	vaen. /vʌɪ/ Forms: Also 1500s ve. Etymology: Latin vae alas! †1. A denunciation or threatening of woe. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] cursea1050 malisonc1300 woea1425 evil thee1509 thunderbolt1559 vae1559 thunder-crack1577 ban1590 wish1597 anathema1603 imprecation1603 execration1605 thunder-clap1610 deprecationa1661 effulminationa1670 Maranatha1769 winze1786 cuss1829 sailor's blessing1876 blessing1878 sailor's farewell1937 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] > threatening of punishment or vengeance comminationa1464 vae1559 denunciation1563 1559 Abp. M. Parker et al. Let. to Queen Elizabeth I in Abp. M. Parker Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 79 We should..deserve the wrathful væ and vengeance of God. 1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers F iiij The Lord shal place you among the goates, and pronounce his Ve against you. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 9 With how many væes and woes to you Scribes and Pharisees did he come vpon them? a1636 T. Westcote View Devonshire 1630 (1845) 61 There was a væ or woe pronounced against them in these words,—‘Woe unto you Piltonians, that make cloth without wool’. 2. vae victis [Livy Hist. V. xlviii. 9] . a. int. Woe to the vanquished. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > shout of triumph [interjection] io paean1592 victory1595 vae victis1612 victoria1639 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion viii. Illustr. 124 Whence, vpon a murmuring complaint among the Romanes, crying Væ victis, came that to be as prouerbe applied to the conquered. 1792 Burke Let. 3 Jan. in M. Arnold Lett., Speeches & Tracts on Irish Affairs (1881) 259 I cannot say væ victis, and then throw the sword into the scale. 1944 S. Bellow Dangling Man 112 Life is hard. Vae victis! The wretched must suffer. b. n.phr. The humiliation of the vanquished by their conquerors; the phrase as a maxim or utterance. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > humiliation of vanquished by conquerors vae victis1819 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. ii. 39 The vae victis, or severities imposed upon the vanquished. 1856 M. Bernard in Oxf. Ess. II. ii. 90 The stonecutter has laboured to produce a vigorous representation of the vae victis—of triumphant pride and abject humiliation. 1904 G. K. Fortescue in Cambr. Mod. Hist. (1907) VIII. xvi. 512 Vae victis was one of the few unchanging revolutionary maxims. 1936 J. Nehru Autobiogr. l. 401 Vae victis seems to run like a thread through these utterances. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1559
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