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Yes. The word ecce is a Scrabble US word. The word ecce is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word ecce is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

ECCE,

3-letter words (1 found)

CEE,

2-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of ecce

ecce

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ecce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (traditional anglicized) /ˈɛksi/, (Latinist) /ˈɛkeɪ/, (ecclesiastical) /ˈɛtʃeɪ/

Interjection

ecce

  1. an interjection used to draw attention to something or someone; behold!

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:lo

See also

  • ecce homo

Anagrams

  • ECEC

Latin

Etymology

From ec- +‎ -ce.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈek.ke/, [ˈɛkːɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈet.t͡ʃe/, [ˈɛtː͡ʃe]

Interjection

ecce

  1. see!, look!, behold!, points out something with emphasis
  2. (mostly elliptical) here!, or here am/are/is!; used to denote that something is present (compare French voici or Italian ecco)
    Ecce.
    Here I am.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Stasimus in the play Trinummus by Titus Maccius Plautus

Usage notes

  • This word is sometimes used in the middle of a clause.
    Audiat haec tantum—vel qui venit ecce Palaemon.
  • The interjection is particularly used in:
    • After objects mentioned or enumerations, to introduce a new one with emphasis:
      Consecuti sunt hos Critias, Theramenes, Lysias, etc. ... ecce tibi exortus est Isocrates.
      They followed Critias, Theramenes, Lysias, etc. lo there arises Isocrates to thee.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Neapolitan: ce
  • Old French: es, ez, eis, as, ais
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: aque
    • Galician: aque (archaic)

See also

  • Ecce Quam Bonum (behold, how good)
  • Ecce Homo (behold the man)
  • Ecce Cor Meum (behold my heart)
  • Ecce homo qui est faba (Behold the man who is a bean)

References

  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ecce”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 202

Further reading

  • “ecce”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ecce”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ecce in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *ecye (whence also Tocharian A aci), of further unknown origin.

Adverb

ecce

  1. hither, to here

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ecce”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 83

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