ō 2

    ō 2

    English meaning: vocative particle

    Deutsche Übersetzung: Ausruf

    Material: O.Ind. a (partly also from IE ü, s. d.). Gk. ὦ, ὤ Ausruf esp. of Erstaunens, Vokativpartikel (therefrom ὤζειν “oh; call, shout, cry”, ὠή “heda!”, compare also ὠόπ, ὄπ “ermunternder Zuruf the oarsman”! after Kretschmer KZ. 38, 135 also in Gk. ὠ-ρύομαι “howl, roar, bellow”). Lat. ō Ausruf verschiedenster Stimmung. Maybe Alb. ō “vocative particle”. Ir. ü, a = Welsh Corn. Bret. a Vokativpartikel. Goth. ō (dreimal “ὦ”, once = “οὐα, fie!”), M.H.G. ō esp. beim vocative, and (nowadays oh inscribed) Ausruf the amazement, Rũhrung, lament (see also Weigand-Hirt; Gmc. ō might partly also phonetically development from IE ü sein, s. d.). Lith. о “Ausruf of Tadels, the amazement, Vokativpartikel”; Ltv. a “Vokativpartikel”. O.C.S. о “ὦ” (neologism).

    References: WP. I 165, WH. II 192.

    See also: s. also ē S. 281.