eccum

Latin

Alternative forms

• eccam (feminine)

Pronunciation

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

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Contraction

eccum

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

Usage notes

Became a remarkably productive deictic prefix in Proto-Romance; see below.

Derived terms

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

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 (in German), volume 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