encaustum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /enˈkau̯s.tum/, [ɛŋˈkau̯s.tũ]

Noun

encaustum n (genitive encaustī); second declension

  1. the purple-red ink used by the later Roman emperors

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative encaustum encausta
genitive encaustī encaustōrum
dative encaustō encaustīs
accusative encaustum encausta
ablative encaustō encaustīs
vocative encaustum encausta

Descendants

References

  • encaustum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • encaustum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • encaustum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • “encaustum” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.