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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek εὐαί (euaí), εὐοῖ (euoî), εὐοἵ (euhoí) or similar, all containing εὖ (eû, “good”). Cf. euhoe.
Pronunciation
Interjection
evax
- great!, bravo!, hurrah! (an exclamation of delight)
Further reading
- “evax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- evax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “evax”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray