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Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
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). Ecce Ancilla Domini, Behold the handmaiden of the Lord, painting by Rossetti
Synonyms often express a nuance of meaning or are used in different registers of speech or writing. Various technical domains may employ synonyms to convey precise technical nuances. Some writers avoid repeating the same word in close proximity, and prefer to use synonyms: this is called elegant variation. Many modern style guides criticize this.
Ecce Homo, Caravaggio, 1605. Ecce homo (/ ˈ ɛ k s i ˈ h oʊ m oʊ /, Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈettʃe ˈomo], Classical Latin: [ˈɛkkɛ ˈhɔmoː]; "behold the man") are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of the Gospel of John, when he presents a scourged Jesus, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his crucifixion (John 19:5).
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The Getty Vocabulary Program is a department within the Getty Research Institute at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California.It produces and maintains the Getty controlled vocabulary databases, Art and Architecture Thesaurus, Union List of Artist Names, and Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.
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The stars of film and television arrived at LA’s Shrine Auditorium for the last major red carpet before next Sunday’s Oscars.