ἐπίγραμμα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom ἐπιγράφω (epigráphō, “to mark the surface”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pí.ɡram.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ɡram.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ɣram.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ɣram.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈpi.ɣra.ma/
Noun
editἐπίγραμμα • (epígramma) n (genitive ἐπιγράμματος); third declension
- an inscription, (especially in verse), an epigram
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.59:
- ὁ μὲν δὴ εἷς τῶν τριπόδων ἐπίγραμμα ἔχει “ἀμφιτρύων μ’ ἀνέθηκ’ ἐνάρων ἀπὸ Τηλεβοάων.”
- ho mèn dḕ heîs tôn tripódōn epígramma ékhei “amphitrúōn m’ anéthēk’ enárōn apò Tēleboáōn.”
- On one of the tripods there is this inscription: “Amphitryon dedicated me from the spoils of Teleboae.”
- ὁ μὲν δὴ εἷς τῶν τριπόδων ἐπίγραμμα ἔχει “ἀμφιτρύων μ’ ἀνέθηκ’ ἐνάρων ἀπὸ Τηλεβοάων.”
- a written estimate of damages
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes 2:
- ὄντες γὰρ δύο τέτταρας εἰλήχασι δίκας ἡμῖν, τῶν αὐτῶν χρημάτων πάσας, τρισχιλίων ἑκάστην, βλάβης: καὶ νυνὶ πρὸς τριάκοντα μνῶν ἐπίγραμμα, ὑπὲρ τοσούτων χρημάτων εἰς ἀγῶνα καθέσταμεν.
- óntes gàr dúo téttaras eilḗkhasi díkas hēmîn, tôn autôn khrēmátōn pásas, triskhilíōn hekástēn, blábēs: kaì nunì pròs triákonta mnôn epígramma, hupèr tosoútōn khrēmátōn eis agôna kathéstamen.
- For there are two of them, and they have entered four suits against us, all for a like amount, each for three thousand drachmae damages; and now on a complaint for thirty minae we are brought to trial for so large a sum
- ὄντες γὰρ δύο τέτταρας εἰλήχασι δίκας ἡμῖν, τῶν αὐτῶν χρημάτων πάσας, τρισχιλίων ἑκάστην, βλάβης: καὶ νυνὶ πρὸς τριάκοντα μνῶν ἐπίγραμμα, ὑπὲρ τοσούτων χρημάτων εἰς ἀγῶνα καθέσταμεν.
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἐπί̆γρᾰμμᾰ tò epígramma |
τὼ ἐπῐγρᾰ́μμᾰτε tṑ epigrámmate |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῐγρᾰ́μμᾰτᾰ tà epigrámmata | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐπῐγρᾰ́μμᾰτος toû epigrámmatos |
τοῖν ἐπῐγρᾰμμᾰ́τοιν toîn epigrammátoin |
τῶν ἐπῐγρᾰμμᾰ́των tôn epigrammátōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐπῐγρᾰ́μμᾰτῐ tôi epigrámmati |
τοῖν ἐπῐγρᾰμμᾰ́τοιν toîn epigrammátoin |
τοῖς ἐπῐγρᾰ́μμᾰσῐ / ἐπῐγρᾰ́μμᾰσῐν toîs epigrámmasi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἐπί̆γρᾰμμᾰ tò epígramma |
τὼ ἐπῐγρᾰ́μμᾰτε tṑ epigrámmate |
τᾰ̀ ἐπῐγρᾰ́μμᾰτᾰ tà epigrámmata | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπί̆γρᾰμμᾰ epígramma |
ἐπῐγρᾰ́μμᾰτε epigrámmate |
ἐπῐγρᾰ́μμᾰτᾰ epigrámmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- → Latin: epigramma (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- “ἐπίγραμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπίγραμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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