encaustus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστος (énkaustos, “burned in”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /enˈkau̯s.tus/, [ɛŋˈkäu̯s̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /enˈkau̯s.tus/, [eŋˈkäu̯st̪us]
Adjective edit
encaustus (feminine encausta, neuter encaustum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | encaustus | encausta | encaustum | encaustī | encaustae | encausta | |
| Genitive | encaustī | encaustae | encaustī | encaustōrum | encaustārum | encaustōrum | |
| Dative | encaustō | encaustō | encaustīs | ||||
| Accusative | encaustum | encaustam | encaustum | encaustōs | encaustās | encausta | |
| Ablative | encaustō | encaustā | encaustō | encaustīs | |||
| Vocative | encauste | encausta | encaustum | encaustī | encaustae | encausta | |
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References edit
- “encaustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “encaustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- encaustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “encaustus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.