ecce Latin · revision 17988

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₁e-, ine-pro *-ḱe}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɛk.kɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛt.t͡ʃe]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ecce''' ^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is probably formed [[af|la|ec-|-ce]], the deictic particle also found in [[hic]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan reconstructs [[itc-pro|*ek]] + [[itc-pro|*ke]]: the pronoun [[ine-pro|*h₁e-|t=he]] of [[m|la|is]], extended with ⟨*k⟩, plus [[ine-pro|*-ḱe]].^(de Vaan 2008) Italic ⟨*ek(e)⟩ was at first uninflected and became an inflected pronoun in Sabellic: [[osc|ekúk]], [[xum|eso|t=this]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has ''ecce autem commodum aperītur foris'', “but look, the door is opening just now”, and ''ubi tū es? – ecce mē'', “where are you? – here I am”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Ecce'' calls attention to something seen, “look! behold!”, with the accusative in early Latin (''ecce mē'') and with the nominative from Cicero on (Virgil: ''deus, ecce deus!'', “the god, behold the god!”).^(OLD 2012) It points out a fact or idea, “mark this!”, a fresh item in a list, and in vivid narrative a sudden event, “lo and behold!”.^(OLD 2012) Combined with pronouns it gives ''eccum'', ''eccam'', ''eccillum'' and similar forms, “here he is”.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ In Church Latin it is “behold”;^(Stelten 1995) Aldhelm writes ''hic est ecce meus dīlēctus fīlius'', “behold, this is my beloved son”, after Matthew.^(DMLBS) Wiktionary compares its use for something present with French ''voici'' and Italian ''ecco''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''ecce mē''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence still uses it with the accusative.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil: ''deus, ecce deus!''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Interjection===

+ # [[m|en|behold]]! look! see!;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) here I am, here it is.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Mark this! (calling attention to a fact or idea).^(OLD 2012)

+ # And then (introducing a fresh item in a list).^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|lo]] and behold! (introducing a sudden event).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ecca]]

+ * [[eccam]]

+ * [[eccistum]]

+ * [[eccum]]

+ * [[eccās]]

+ * [[eccillum]]

+ * [[eccistam]]

+ * [[eccōs]]

+ * [[ellam]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[hic]]

+ * [[is]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}