adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
epigraphicus
epigraphicus (feminine epigraphica, neuter epigraphicum)
Classical[ɛ.pɪˈɡra.pʰɪ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[e.piˈɡraː.fi.kus]
Meaning
- New Latinadjectiveepigraphic, epigraphical (of or pertaining to [dedicatory] inscriptions)
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum
The Greek Epigraphical Supplement[…] decedit ex humanis ann. 1483. funeratuſque eſt in templo antiquo vt docet epigraphica inſcriptio inciſa ſaxo […]
1620, Petrus á Beeck, Aquiſgranum ſiue Hiſtorica Narratio, De Regiæ S.R.I. & Coronationis Regum Rom., 226
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | epigraphicus | epigraphica | epigraphicum |
| genitive | epigraphicī | epigraphicae | epigraphicī |
| dative | epigraphicō | epigraphicae | epigraphicō |
| accusative | epigraphicum | epigraphicam | epigraphicum |
| ablative | epigraphicō | epigraphicā | epigraphicō |
| vocative | epigraphice | epigraphica | epigraphicum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | epigraphicī | epigraphicae | epigraphica |
| genitive | epigraphicōrum | epigraphicārum | epigraphicōrum |
| dative | epigraphicīs | epigraphicīs | epigraphicīs |
| accusative | epigraphicōs | epigraphicās | epigraphica |
| ablative | epigraphicīs | epigraphicīs | epigraphicīs |
| vocative | epigraphicī | epigraphicae | epigraphica |
Origins
From the Ancient Greek ἐπῐγρᾰφῐκός (epĭgrăphĭkós), from ἐπῐγρᾰφή (epĭgrăphḗ, “an inscription”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “of or pertaining to”).
Descendants
- Englishepigraphic
In English words that came into English from epigraphicus
- epigraphicepigraphicus