encaustus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστος (énkaustos, “burned in”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /enˈkau̯s.tus/, [ɛŋˈkäu̯s̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /enˈkau̯s.tus/, [eŋˈkäu̯st̪us]
Adjective
[edit]encaustus (feminine encausta, neuter encaustum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | encaustus | encausta | encaustum | encaustī | encaustae | encausta | |
| genitive | encaustī | encaustae | encaustī | encaustōrum | encaustārum | encaustōrum | |
| dative | encaustō | encaustae | encaustō | encaustīs | |||
| accusative | encaustum | encaustam | encaustum | encaustōs | encaustās | encausta | |
| ablative | encaustō | encaustā | encaustō | encaustīs | |||
| vocative | encauste | encausta | encaustum | encaustī | encaustae | encausta | |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “encaustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “encaustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- encaustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “encaustus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.