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ἐπίγραμμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίγραμμα ἐπίγραμματος

Structure: ἐπιγραμματ (Stem)

Etym.: e)pigra/fw

Sense

  1. an inscription, an epigram
  2. a written estimate

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐπίγραμμα ἐπιγράμματε ἐπιγράμματα
Genitive ἐπιγράμματος ἐπιγραμμάτοιν ἐπιγραμμάτων
Dative ἐπιγράμματι ἐπιγραμμάτοιν ἐπιγράμμασιν*
Accusative ἐπίγραμμα ἐπιγράμματε ἐπιγράμματα
Vocative ἐπίγραμμα ἐπιγράμματε ἐπιγράμματα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • χώματα μὲν γὰρ καὶ πυραμίδεσ καὶ στῆλαι καὶ ἐπιγράμματα πρὸσ ὀλίγον διαρκοῦντα πῶσ οὐ περιττὰ καὶ παιδιαῖσ προσεοικότα ; (Lucian, (no name) 20:1)
  • ἔγνωκα οὖν τούσ τε βωμοὺσ λίθου λευκοῦ ἀναθεῖναι, καὶ τὰ ἐπιγράμματα ἐγχαράξαι εὐσήμοισ τοῖσ γράμμασιν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 1 6:2)
  • καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ ἀναθήματα ἀνάκειται ἐν τῷ νεῷ, φιάλαι καὶ δακτύλιοι καὶ λίθοι τῶν πολυτελεστέρων, καὶ ἐπιγράμματα, τὰ μὲν Ῥωμαῖκῶσ τὰ Ἑλληνικῶσ πεποιημένα ἐν ἄλλῳ καὶ ἄλλῳ μέτρῳ, ἔπαινοι τοῦ Ἀχιλλέωσ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 21 3:3)
  • εἰπέ μοι, ὦ Μένιππε, οἱ δὲ τοὺσ πολυτελεῖσ τούτουσ καὶ ὑψηλοὺσ τάφουσ ἔχοντεσ ὑπὲρ γῆσ καὶ στήλασ καὶ εἰκόνασ καὶ ἐπιγράμματα οὐδὲν τιμιώτεροι παρ’ αὐτοῖσ εἰσι τῶν ἰδιωτῶν νεκρῶν ; (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 17:1)
  • "τοῦτο γὰρ ἐν παισὶ τὰ Καλλιμάχου ἀναγινώσκων ἐπιγράμματα, ὧν ἐστι καὶ τοῦτο, ἐπεζήτουν μαθεῖν, εἰπόντοσ τοῦ Κυρηναίου· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 8 2:8)

Synonyms

  1. an inscription

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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