noun · masculinesecond declension
epilogus
epilogus m (genitive epilogī)
Classical[ɛˈpɪ.ɫɔ.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[eˈpiː.lo.ɡus]
Meaning
- masculineconclusion, peroration, epilogue
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
id quod post carmen dīciturepilogus -ī (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 24
epilogue
epilogus -ī (m) — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | epilogus | epilogī |
| genitive | epilogī | epilogōrum |
| dative | epilogō | epilogīs |
| accusative | epilogum | epilogōs |
| ablative | epilogō | epilogīs |
| vocative | epiloge | epilogī |
ĕpĭlŏgus, i, m., = ἐπίλογος,
I. a winding up of a speech, peroration, epilogue (= peroratio or conclusio), Cic. Brut. 33 fin.; Quint. 6, 1, 55; 4, 1, 28; Cic. de Or. 2, 69; id. Tusc. 1, 47; id. Planc. 34; id. Att. 4, 15, 4; Quint. 6, 1, 37; 50 et saep.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
epilogus ī, m
, ἐπιλογος, a peroration, epilogue: rhetorum.—Plur: miserabiliores.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos).
Descendants
- Italianepilogo
- Englishepiloguefrom Middle French epilogue
- Frenchépiloguefrom Middle French epilogue
In English words that came into English from epilogus
- epilogueepilogus