christogramma
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Chrīstus + -o- + gramma. Nonce-usage in 19th-century German numismatics, used in parallel with German Christogramm for Latin monogramma Christi, from the later 20th century more frequently used in Latin-language literature on art history and epigraphy.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʰris.toˈɡram.ma/, [kʰrɪs̠t̪ɔˈɡrämːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kris.toˈɡram.ma/, [krist̪oˈɡrämːä]
Noun
[edit]chrīstogramma n (genitive chrīstogrammatis); third declension
- (New Latin) Christogram
- 1839, Museum Münterianum. pars III. Numos Byzantiorum aliorumque et antiquitates varii generis continens (auction catalogue)[1], page 18:
- Imperator paludatus stans, d. labarum, cui inscriptum Christogramma, s. sceptrum; adstante et imperatorem coronante Victoria.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1992, Inscriptiones Christianae vrbis Romae septimo saecvlo antiqviores: Nova series[2], volume 10, page 161:
- Cernuntur tantum nonnullae litterae et christogrammata graphio scripta in parietibus, sed numquam uidentur antiqua, immo uero saec. XIX et XX.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | christogramma | christogrammata |
| genitive | christogrammatis | christogrammatum |
| dative | christogrammatī | christogrammatibus |
| accusative | christogramma | christogrammata |
| ablative | christogrammate | christogrammatibus |
| vocative | christogramma | christogrammata |