What is the Latin word for encaustic?

The usual Latin words for “encaustic” are encaustĭcus, encaustus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“encaustic” in Latin

encaustĭcusencaustic encaustusburned in, encaustic; the encaustic mode of painting

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

encaustic

encausticus: encaustus (Plin.). To paint an encaustic painting, or to practice encaustic painting, encausto pingere; ceris pingere ac picturam inurere (both Plin.: this was done with the cestrum in wax and on ivory): resolutis igni ceris penicillo uti (a mode first applied to ships, but afterwards extended to other things.) Vid: Dict. of Antiqq., p.704.

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What is the Latin word for encaustic?: The usual Latin words for “encaustic” are encaustĭcus, encaustus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.