uncial
English
editEtymology 1
editAttested 1650, from Latin uncia (“a twelfth part, ounce, inch”).
Adjective
edituncial (comparative more uncial, superlative most uncial)
Etymology 2
editAttested 1712, from Late Latin unciales (“uncials”), unciales litterae (“uncial letters”) (Jerome), plural of uncialis (“pertaining to one twelfth part, ounce, or inch”), from uncia (“one twelfth part, ounce, inch”). The literal meaning is unclear: some references indicate "inch-high letters", but see “Uncial script” in Wikipedia.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈʌn.si.əl/,[1] /ˈʌn.ʃi.əl/, /ˈʌn.ʃəl/[1][2]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: un‧ci‧al, un‧cial
Adjective
edituncial (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- This, also written in black letter, we found inscribed on a second parchment that was in the coffer, apparently somewhat older in date than that on which was inscribed the mediæval Latin translation of the uncial Greek of which I shall speak presently.
Translations
editNoun
edituncial (plural uncials)
- A style of writing using uncial letters.
- A letter in this style.
- A manuscript in this style.
Translations
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “uncial”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “uncial”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
editRomanian
editEtymology
editAdjective
edituncial m or n (feminine singular uncială, masculine plural unciali, feminine and neuter plural unciale)
Declension
editDeclension of uncial
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | uncial | uncială | unciali | unciale | ||
definite | uncialul | unciala | uncialii | uncialele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | uncial | unciale | unciali | unciale | ||
definite | uncialului | uncialei | uncialilor | uncialelor |
Spanish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /unˈθjal/ [ũn̟ˈθjal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /unˈsjal/ [ũnˈsjal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: un‧cial
Adjective
edituncial m or f (masculine and feminine plural unciales)
Noun
edituncial f (plural unciales)
Further reading
edit- “uncial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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