English → Latin
“behold” in Latin
convertōto turn upside-down; to invert; to turn over (soil etc); to turn back or recoilspectōto watch, observe, look at, consider; to examine, try, test; to aim, strive, or endeavour afteraspectōto look at attentively; observe, watch, regard; to look at with respect or desire; pay attention to; to look or lie towaeccesee!, look!, behold!, points out something with emphasis; here!, or here am/are/is!; used to denote that something is prinin, at, on, upon, from (space); under, within, in; during, within, while in (time)eccumthere or here I am/you are/he is; here I come/you come/he comes; here is, see here; I am/you are/he is there or here; I
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
behold
aspicere aliquem or aliquid: oculos in aliquid conjicere or convertere (to cast eyes on): spectare; aspectare (with attention). Vid: To SEE, GAZE, LOOK (at).
behold 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.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for behold?
- The usual Latin words for “behold” are convertō, spectō, aspectō; also ecce, in, eccum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.