English Explanatory Dictionary

ecce homo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A picture representing Jesus Christ wearing a crown of thorns, before his crucifixion.

Pronunciation

/ˌɛ.keɪ ˈhoʊ.moʊ/

Word forms

ecce homo ecce homos

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ecce homo (“behold the man!”). See John xix. 5 in the Bible.

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