My basic structure is [discussion about thing], and lo, [example of thing], kind of like In spanish, there's the expression ¡no escupas para arriba There's a cliche about circus clowns being creepy and dangerous, and lo, last night i saw a clown violating a teddy bear.
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According to the oed, in middle english there are two distinct words lo or loo which have fallen together
One of them is indeed derived from a form of look, but the other lá, an exclamation indicating surprise, grief, or joy.
2 i noticed, while going through the king james bible, that the translators will translate a particular greek word as both lo and behold. it seems like it is interchangeable to them However, i don't know if there is more meaning to the difference, and if anybody could share insight into why they would do so? Lo comes from middle english, where it was a short form of lok, imperative of loken, to look (see etymonline, wiktionary) To behold means to see, to look at and comes from old english bihaldan, give regard to, hold in view (compare to behalten in contemporary german)
So the literal meaning of the phrase is look and see!, but nowadays it is used as a set phrase and an interjection to. What is a more modern variant of the interjection 'lo! i'm looking for a single word which has the same effect but is less archaic It is a very formal context i want to use it in that you may. But i found the structure unusual because lo+adjective itself serves as a noun, which is another grammar in spanish, but the adjective/adverb in the subordinate clause serve as a predicate/adverbial.
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