christogramma

Latin

Alternative forms

• Christogramma

Etymology

From Chrīstus +‎ -o- +‎ gramma. Nonce-usage in 19th-century German numismatics, used in parallel with German Christogramm for Latin monogramma Christi, from the later 20th century more frequently used in Latin-language literature on art history and epigraphy.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰris.toˈɡram.ma/, [kʰrɪs̠t̪ɔˈɡrämːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kris.toˈɡram.ma/, [krist̪oˈɡrämːä]

Noun

chrīstogramma n (genitive chrīstogrammatis); third declension

1. (New Latin) Christogram
   • 1839, Museum Münterianum. pars III. Numos Byzantiorum aliorumque et antiquitates varii generis continens (auction catalogue)‎^[1], page 18:

     Imperator paludatus stans, d. labarum, cui inscriptum Christogramma, s. sceptrum; adstante et imperatorem coronante Victoria.

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   • 1992, Inscriptiones Christianae vrbis Romae septimo saecvlo antiqviores: Nova series‎^[2], volume 10, page 161:

     Cernuntur tantum nonnullae litterae et christogrammata graphio scripta in parietibus, sed numquam uidentur antiqua, immo uero saec. XIX et XX.

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Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	christogramma	christogrammata
Genitive	christogrammatis	christogrammatum
Dative	christogrammatī	christogrammatibus
Accusative	christogramma	christogrammata
Ablative	christogrammate	christogrammatibus
Vocative	christogramma	christogrammata