eccum

Latin

Alternative forms

• eccam (feminine)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈek.kum/, [ˈɛkːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.kum/, [ˈɛkːum]

Contraction

eccum

1. Contraction of ecce eum (“behold him”, “here he is”).

Derived terms

• *eccum hāc (Vulgar Latin)
• *eccum hīc (Vulgar Latin)
• *eccum hoc (Vulgar Latin)
• *eccum illāc (Vulgar Latin)
• *eccum ille (Vulgar Latin)
• *eccum illōc (Vulgar Latin)
• *eccum illūc (Vulgar Latin)
• *eccum inde (Vulgar Latin)
• *eccum ipse (Vulgar Latin)
• *eccum iste (Vulgar Latin)
• *eccum modo (Vulgar Latin)
• *eccum sīc (Vulgar Latin)
• *eccum tālis (Vulgar Latin)
• *eccum tantum (Vulgar Latin)

Descendants

• Italian: ecco ⇒ vecco (Tuscan) ⇒ vecchelo (Arezzo)
• Old Occitan: ec ⇒ vec, bec, beg, bet, beps
• Sardinian: eccu

References

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

Further reading

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