behold (v.) Copy link Outline 1. conspĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 32. conspĭcor, 1.3. tŭĕor, tŭĭtus, 2 (poet.) • behold (v.): 1. conspĭcĭo, spexi, spectum, 3: to b. the rising of the sun, solis ortum c., Cic.: at length she b.s the citadel of Minerva, tandem Tritonida conspicit arcem, Ov.: v. to look at, see. 2. conspĭcor, 1.: v. TO CATCH SIGHT OF. 3. tŭĕor, tŭĭtus, 2 (poet.): v. to gaze.
behold (as an exclamation) Copy link Outline 1. eccē (regularly followed by nom., but sometimes by acc.)2. ēn (constr. same as ecce) • behold (as an exclamation): 1. eccē (regularly followed by nom., but sometimes by acc.): but b., I see the old man, ecce autem, video senem, Ter.: just as I am writing this, b., here is your friend Sebosus, quum haec maxime scriberem, ecce tibi Sebosus! Cic.: b. me (= here I am), ecce me, Ter.: Pl.: in the comic writers ecce often contracts with eum, eam, eos, eas, into eccum, eccam, etc.: Pl.: Ter. Ecce is often used to call attention to something about to be said: when it indicates surprise only: as, b., the news comes, ecce nuntiatur, Cic. 2. ēn (constr. same as ecce): b., the consul is here, he says, consul en, inquit, adest, Liv.: Pl. Often used like ecce to call attention to what is to be said; when it denotes indignation or irony: as, b. what interpreters of treaties, en foederum interpretes! Cic.: v. lo.
BEHOLD Copy link • BEHOLD 1. aspicere aliquem or aliquid: oculos in aliquid conjicere or convertere (to cast eyes on): spectare; aspectare (with attention). Vid: To SEE, GAZE, LOOK (at). 2. interj., ecce (points at something as appearing suddenly and unexpectedly): en (points at something as not observed from prejudice, aversion, or some such feeling. Both usually with the nominative, and only ecce (in comedy) with accusative, of a pronoun: eccum, eccam, eccos are the contracted forms of ecce eum, ecce eam, ecce eos): behold, or there is, your letter, ecce litterae tuae: behold, here I am, ecce me: behold, there he is, eccum adest: behold, there is the very man I was looking for, eccum quem quaerebam: behold, that is the reason, en causa: behold, that is it that makes the others believe, en sur ceteri arbitrentur.