hosánna

hosánna

interjection (indeclinable)

ho-sán-na · /ɔˈzan.na/

hosanna, save, we pray!

A Hebrew cry, “save, we pray”, from Ps 117:25; on the lips of the crowd greeting Christ (Mt 21:9) it is already pure acclamation — which is why Latin leaves it untranslated. Indeclinable.

in English hosanna

in the texts

Sanctus Hosánna, Hosánna

external dictionary: Logeion