eccum Latin · revision 32273

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=compound|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la ecce}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɛk.kũː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈɛk.kum]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''eccum''' ''m'' (feminine eccam, plural eccōs, feminine plural eccās)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD explains it as [[af|la|ecce|*hum|t1=behold]], the second part probably an old accusative, that is [[m|la|hunc|t=this one]].^(OLD 2012) Walde and Hofmann likewise derive the forms from [[m|la|ecce]] with forms of [[hic]], but de Vaan allows that they may simply be inflected forms of [[m|la|ecce]].^(de Vaan 2008) Wiktionary explains it as a contraction of a phrase such as ⟨ecce eum vidē⟩, “see him here”.^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|ecce]] to [[itc-pro|*ek]] and [[m|itc-pro|*ke]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan finds it only in Plautus and Terence, with the forms ''eccōs'', ''ecca'', ''eccam'' and ''eccās''.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a word of comedy, used to point out someone coming or present: “here he is!”, “here I am!”^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short treat it under [[ecce]].^(Lewis & Short 1879) Related contracted forms are [[eccillum]], [[ellum]] and [[eccistum]].^(Wiktionary) It survives in Italian [[m|it|ecco]] and Sicilian [[m|scn|eccu]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of someone arriving.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Interjection===

+ # Of someone coming or present, here he is!, here I am!; see here.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[eccere]]

+ * [[eccillum]]

+ * [[ellum]]

+ * [[eccistum]]

+ * [[ecce]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}