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ave atque vale

[ah-we aht-kwe wah-le, ey-vee at-kwee vey-lee, ah-vey aht-kwey vah-ley]

interjection

Latin.
  1. hail and farewell.



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Joshi and David E. Schultz, “Ave atque Vale: Reminiscences of H.P. Lovecraft” packs 500 pages with anecdotal memoirs by people who knew the Providence writer, while “H.P. Lovecraft: Selected Essays,” edited by Joshi, provides a tasting menu of his wide-ranging nonfiction.

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The ancient Roman poet Catullus wrote in his epitaph for his brother: “Atque in perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale” or “and forever, brother, hello and goodbye.”

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So, as I learned a couple of centuries ago while struggling to translate Catullus: Ave atque vale.

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So I think he felt, he who so revived his manner in “Frater Ave atque Vale,” and his reading gave me that impression.

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Doth He know my lad singing in the street— My young Athenian, whose voice for Paul Breathes Ave atque Vale on the world?

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