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.”
Hosea 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 .