epigraphicus

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἐπῐγρᾰφῐκός (epigraphikós), from ἐπῐγρᾰφή (epigraphḗ, “an inscription”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, “of or pertaining to”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈɡra.pʰi.kus/, [ɛpɪˈɡräpʰɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈɡra.fi.kus/, [epiˈɡräːfikus]

Adjective

epigraphicus (feminine epigraphica, neuter epigraphicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (New Latin) epigraphic, epigraphical (of or pertaining to [dedicatory] inscriptions)

   Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum ― The Greek Epigraphical Supplement

   • 1620, Petrus á Beeck, Aquiſgranum ſiue Hiſtorica Narratio, De Regiæ S.R.I. & Coronationis Regum Rom., 226:

     […] decedit ex humanis ann. 1483. funeratuſque eſt in templo antiquo vt docet epigraphica inſcriptio inciſa ſaxo […]

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   • 1635, Philibert Monet, Invantaire des deux Langues, françoise, et latine, 569/2:

     Cordon, filet de chaque coté de la legeande : Limbus epigraphicus, Monetalis epigraphe linearis orbiculus.

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Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	epigraphicus	epigraphica	epigraphicum		epigraphicī	epigraphicae	epigraphica
Genitive	epigraphicī	epigraphicae	epigraphicī		epigraphicōrum	epigraphicārum	epigraphicōrum
Dative	epigraphicō		epigraphicō		epigraphicīs
Accusative	epigraphicum	epigraphicam	epigraphicum		epigraphicōs	epigraphicās	epigraphica
Ablative	epigraphicō	epigraphicā	epigraphicō		epigraphicīs
Vocative	epigraphice	epigraphica	epigraphicum		epigraphicī	epigraphicae	epigraphica

Related terms

• epigraphē