ἐπίγραμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιγράφω (epigráphō, “to mark the surface”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐπίγραμμα • (epígramma) n (genitive ἐπιγράμματος); third declension

  1. an inscription, (especially in verse), an epigram
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.59
      ὁ μὲν δὴ εἷς τῶν τριπόδων ἐπίγραμμα ἔχει “ἀμφιτρύων μ᾽ ἀνέθηκ᾽ ἐνάρων ἀπὸ Τηλεβοάων."
      ho mèn dḕ heîs tôn tripódōn epígramma ékhei “amphitrúōn m᾽ anéthēk᾽ enárōn apò Tēleboáōn."
      On one of the tripods there is this inscription: “Amphitryon dedicated me from the spoils of Teleboae."
  2. a written estimate of damages
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Demosthenes, Against Nausimachus and Xenopeithes 2
      ὄντες γὰρ δύο τέτταρας εἰλήχασι δίκας ἡμῖν, τῶν αὐτῶν χρημάτων πάσας, τρισχιλίων ἑκάστην, βλάβης: καὶ νυνὶ πρὸς τριάκοντα μνῶν ἐπίγραμμα, ὑπὲρ τοσούτων χρημάτων εἰς ἀγῶνα καθέσταμεν.
      óntes gàr dúo téttaras eilḗkhasi díkas hēmîn, tôn autôn khrēmátōn pásas, triskhilíōn hekástēn, blábēs: kaì nunì pròs triákonta mnôn epígramma, hupèr tosoútōn khrēmátōn eis agôna kathéstamen.
      For there are two of them, and they have entered four suits against us, all for a like amount, each for three thousand drachmae damages; and now on a complaint for thirty minae we are brought to trial for so large a sum

Inflection

Descendants

  • → Latin: epigramma (see there for further descendants)

References

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