| ecphonesis | |
| ec-pho-nee'-sis | from Gk. ek, "out" and phonein, "to speak" |
| Also ecphonisis, epiphonesis | |
| exclamatio | |
| the outcry |
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An emotional exclamation. | |
| Examples | ||
| O tempora!
O mores! —Cicero |
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| Sources: | Ad Herennium 4.15.22 ("exclamatio"); Sherry (1550) 50 ("epiphonesis," "exclamacio," "exclamacion"); Peacham (1577) K4r; Putt. (1589) 221 ("ecphonisis," "the outcry"); Day 1599 89 ("ecphonesis," "exclamatio") | |
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