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ecce en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɛtʃeɪ/
  • /ˈɛksi/ traditional anglicized
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɛkeɪ/ Latinist
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin ec- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Italic *ke Latin -ce Latin eccebor. English ecce Borrowed from Latin ecce.

Meanings

  1. an interjection used to draw attention to something or someone; behold!
    • Ecce the rise of literature in the modern vernaculars, even the mother tongue 2013, T. Bonfiglio, Why is English Literature?:, →ISBN, page 58:
    • DEAR SIR, — Ecce my notes on the sermon. 1819 November 24, “Baron Merian to Samuel Butler”, in Complete Works of Samuel Butler, Delphi Classics, published 2015:

Relateds

ecce homo

Synonyms

lo