eccum

Latin

Etymology

Ellipsis and contraction of ecce eum vidē (literally see him come” or “see him here) or like addresses.

Pronunciation

Phrase

eccum m (feminine eccam, plural eccōs, feminine plural eccās)

  1. (of something coming) there or here I am/you are/he is; here I come/you come/he comes; here is, see here
    • c. 206 BCE, Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 4.6.65–66:
      Sed quid ego video? — Quid vides? — Nescio quis eccum incedit
      ornatu quidem thalassico.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (of something present) I am/you are/he is there or here; I am/you are/he is come; here is, see here
    • c. 200 BCE, Plautus, Menaechmi 285–286:
      Quem tu parasitum quaeris, adulescens, meum?
      — Peniculum. — Eccum in vidulo salvom fero.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 194 BCE, Plautus, Poenulus 1.2.71:
      Milphio, heus, ubi es? — Assum apud te, eccum.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: ecco, vecco (Tuscan), vecchelo (Arezzo)
    • Judeo-Italian: אֵיקוֹ (ʔeqo /⁠ecco⁠/)
    • Sicilian: eccu
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Insular Romance:
    • Sardinian: eccu

References

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.