ecbole (ekbole)

[NL., ecbolic (ek-bol'ik), a. and n. [F. ecbolique, the fetus, a. Promoting parturition; producing abortion. II. n. A drug promoting parturition. ecce homo (ek'sē hōmō). [L.: ecce, a demonstrative adv. or interj., here (he or it is)! lo! behold! prob. orig. " ece, locative of pron. i - s, e - a, i - d, this, he, she, it, + demonstrative suffix- ce; homo: see Homo.] Behold, the man: a phrase commonly used to denote Christ crowned with thorns, considered as a subject for a work of painting or sculpture, from the words with which he was presented by Pilate to the Jews (John xix. 5). This subject has been frequently chosen by artists since the fifteenth century, among its most celebrated examples being paintings by Correggio, Titian, H. Caracci, Guido Reni, Van Dyck, and Guercino.