Expert: Maria Date: 5/29/2008 Subject: Latin question
Question How do you cheer in Latin, as in, if you wanted to say "Rah! rah!" Did the
Romans have a similar cheer? I'm obviously not looking for a literal translation,
just something equivalent to yelling "yay!" or "hooray!" This is not something
that my Latin dictionary covers. Please, and thank you.
Answer Hello,
The Latin equivalent to yelling "yay!" / "hooray!" / "Rah! rah!" is the indeclinable interjection “euge” which is just an exclamation of joy, applause, admiration, approval or encouragement.
Moreover “euge” can mean also “Well done!” / “Good!”.
Have a nice day,
Maria
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Note that “euge” is pronounced as follows:
-E like the second E in “especially”. The accent falls on this vowel.
-U like the U in “truth”
-G like the G in “gender”, according to scholastic pronunciation.
