ecce homo
“Behold the man!”: the words with which Pilate presented Christ, crowned with thorns, to his accusers. John 19:5.
Art. a painting, statue, or other representation of Christ crowned with thorns.
Origin of ecce homo
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How to use ecce homo in a sentence
CVM natus esset ihesus in betleem iude in diebus herodis regis ecce magi ab oriente uenerunt ierosolimam dicentes.
At an early part of the period to which this chapter belongs, the famous volume entitled “ecce homo” was published.
Recollections of a Long Life | John StoughtonOld French had distinct pronouns for “this” and “that”—cest (ecce istum) and cel (ecce illium), with their cases.
His last book, “ecce homo,” an autobiography, contains all the premonitory symptoms of the threatening tragedy.
German Problems and Personalities | Charles SaroleaIt bears this Epigraph, "Ecce Ego admirationem faciam populo huic, miraculo grandi et stupendo."
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Isaac D'Israeli
British Dictionary definitions for Ecce Homo
/ (ˈɛkeɪ ˈhəʊməʊ, ˈɛksɪ) /
a picture or sculpture of Christ crowned with thorns
Origin of Ecce Homo
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