ἐπιγραφή

See also: επιγραφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιγράφω (epigráphō) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡra.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /e.pi.ɣraˈɸi/ → /e.pi.ɣraˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡra.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɡraˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣraˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣraˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ɣraˈfi/

Noun

ἐπῐγρᾰφή • (epigraphḗ) f (genitive ἐπῐγρᾰφῆς); first declension

1. inscription
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.43
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, On Marvellous Things Heard 843b.17
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 15.8.1
   • BCH 6.6
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 5.9.3
   1. title of a work
      • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 3.9.3
      • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, How to Write History 30
   2. name of a ship
      • Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae 447
   3. ascription of a deed to its author, credit or honor of a thing
      • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 1.31.4
      • Papiri greci e latini (Pubblicazioni della Società italiana per la ricerca dei Papiri greci e latini in Egitto) 4.424.9
      • 36 BCE – 30 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library 16.50
      • 331 CE – 363 CE, Julian, Caes. 322d
   4. insertion, interlineation in a document
      • PLond. 2.178.13
      • PRyl. 316.2
2. description of parties in pleadings
   • 4th century BC, Isaeus, Collected Works 4.2
   1. registration of property for taxation
      • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 17.41
   2. impost, tax
      • Papiri greci e latini (Pubblicazioni della Società italiana per la ricerca dei Papiri greci e latini in Egitto) 5.510.11
   3. assessment
      • POxy. 1445.8
   4. requisition
      • BCH 46.309

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐπῐγρᾰφή; τῆς ἐπῐγρᾰφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐγρᾰφή hē epigraphḗ	τὼ ἐπῐγρᾰφᾱ́ tṑ epigraphā́	αἱ ἐπῐγρᾰφαί hai epigraphaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐγρᾰφῆς tês epigraphês	τοῖν ἐπῐγρᾰφαῖν toîn epigraphaîn	τῶν ἐπῐγρᾰφῶν tôn epigraphôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐγρᾰφῇ têi epigraphêi	τοῖν ἐπῐγρᾰφαῖν toîn epigraphaîn	ταῖς ἐπῐγρᾰφαῖς taîs epigraphaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐγρᾰφήν tḕn epigraphḗn	τὼ ἐπῐγρᾰφᾱ́ tṑ epigraphā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐγρᾰφᾱ́ς tā̀s epigraphā́s
Vocative	ἐπῐγρᾰφή epigraphḗ	ἐπῐγρᾰφᾱ́ epigraphā́	ἐπῐγρᾰφαί epigraphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπῐγρᾰφῐκός (epigraphikós)
• ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφος (pseudepígraphos)

 

Descendants

• English: epigraph
• Latin: epigraphē
• Spanish: epígrafe
• Portuguese: epígrafe
• → Gothic: 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌹 (ufarmēli), 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌼𐌴𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ufarmēleins) (calque)

References

• “ἐπιγραφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιγραφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπιγραφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G1923 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • epitaph idem, page 279.
  • inscription idem, page 444.
  • registration idem, page 687.
  • superscription idem, page 839.