encaustum
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /enˈkau̯s.tum/, [ɛŋˈkäu̯s̠t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /enˈkau̯s.tum/, [eŋˈkäu̯st̪um]
Noun
editencaustum n (genitive encaustī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | encaustum | encausta |
Genitive | encaustī | encaustōrum |
Dative | encaustō | encaustīs |
Accusative | encaustum | encausta |
Ablative | encaustō | encaustīs |
Vocative | encaustum | encausta |
Related terms
editDescendants
editDescendants
- Corsican: inchjostru
- Dalmatian: inghiastro
- Dutch: inkt
- Old French: enque
- Neapolitan: gnostro
- Friulian: inğhustri
- Italian: inchiostro, encausto, incausto
- Sicilian: inca
- Maltese: linka
- Sicilian: nchiostru
- Spanish: encausto
- ⇒ Spanish: encáustica
References
edit- “encaustum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “encaustum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- encaustum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “encaustum”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.