epigramma

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1789. An internationalism mainly via Latin epigramma and German Epigramm, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἐπίγραμμα (epígramma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛpiɡrɒmːɒ]
• Hyphenation: epig‧ram‧ma
• Rhymes: -mɒ

Noun

epigramma (plural epigrammák)

1. (archaic) epigram (an inscription in stone)
2. epigram (a short, witty or pithy poem)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	epigramma	epigrammák
accusative	epigrammát	epigrammákat
dative	epigrammának	epigrammáknak
instrumental	epigrammával	epigrammákkal
causal-final	epigrammáért	epigrammákért
translative	epigrammává	epigrammákká
terminative	epigrammáig	epigrammákig
essive-formal	epigrammaként	epigrammákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	epigrammában	epigrammákban
superessive	epigrammán	epigrammákon
adessive	epigrammánál	epigrammáknál
illative	epigrammába	epigrammákba
sublative	epigrammára	epigrammákra
allative	epigrammához	epigrammákhoz
elative	epigrammából	epigrammákból
delative	epigrammáról	epigrammákról
ablative	epigrammától	epigrammáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	epigrammáé	epigrammáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	epigrammáéi	epigrammákéi

Possessive forms of epigramma
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	epigrammám	epigrammáim
2nd person sing.	epigrammád	epigrammáid
3rd person sing.	epigrammája	epigrammái
1st person plural	epigrammánk	epigrammáink
2nd person plural	epigrammátok	epigrammáitok
3rd person plural	epigrammájuk	epigrammáik

Further reading

• epigramma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• epigramma in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin epigramma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.piˈɡram.ma/
• Rhymes: -amma
• Hyphenation: e‧pi‧gràm‧ma

Noun

epigramma m (plural epigrammi)

1. epigram

Further reading

• epigramma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• gemmipara

Latin

Alternative forms

• epigr. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἐπίγραμμα (epígramma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.piˈɡram.ma/, [ɛpɪˈɡrämːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈɡram.ma/, [epiˈɡrämːä]

Noun

epigramma n (genitive epigrammatis); third declension

1. inscription
2. epigram

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	epigramma	epigrammata
Genitive	epigrammatis	epigrammatum
Dative	epigrammatī	epigrammatibus
Accusative	epigramma	epigrammata
Ablative	epigrammate	epigrammatibus
Vocative	epigramma	epigrammata

Descendants

• German: Epigramm
• Middle French: épigramme
  • English: epigram
  • French: épigramme
• Hungarian: epigramma
• Italian: epigramma

References

• “epigramma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “epigramma”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• epigramma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• epigramma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “epigramma”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• epigramma in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016