epigramma

Italian

Etymology

epi- +‎ -gramma

Noun

epigramma m (plural epigrammi)

1. epigram

Anagrams

• gemmipara

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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
• 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