Ejaculatio; or, Ejaculation

Parenthetic Addition by way of Wish or Prayer

E-jac-u-la-ti-o, from the Latin e, out; and jaculari, jaculatus, the throwing of a javelin, from jaculum, a javelin (from jacere, to throw).

This name is confined to a parenthesis which consists of a short prayer, such as God forbid, God be praised, Thank God.

Hos 9:14.-Here, the prayer is in the form of a question:-Give them, O Lord: what wilt thou give? give them, etc. See under Aposiopesis.