Expertlatin
- Does Ecce take the accusative?
- Is Ecce an imperative?
- What is Ecce Latin?
- What is the perfect tense of Latin verbs?
Does Ecce take the accusative?
According to the usual authorities the particle ecce is construed with the accusative in pre-classical Latin, but with the nominative in classical and post-classical Latin.
Is Ecce an imperative?
Also we introduce an interjection, ecce which was used for a great many purposes, including in an imperative sense for “look” or behold”.
What is Ecce Latin?
Ecce is the Latin word meaning behold. It occurs in the following phrases: Ecce homo, Behold the man, the words used by Pontius Pilate when he presents a scourged Jesus Christ to a hostile crowd (in the late-4th-century Vulgate Latin translation of the Bible).
What is the perfect tense of Latin verbs?
Latin Perfect Active Tense
The present perfect uses the present of "to have" plus the past participle. ("I have sailed to Athens twice." "These women have spoken the truth.") The simple past is a separate verb form that indicates a completed action.
