epilogism
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”) + -ism, from ἐπιλέγειν (epilégein, “say in addition”), from ἐπί (epí, “in addition”) + λέγειν (légein, “to say”). See epilogue.
Noun
[edit]epilogism (plural epilogisms)
- (archaic) enumeration; computation
- 1646, John Gregory, Notes and Observations upon some Passages of Scripture:
- the Epilogism from Cyrus […]
References
[edit]“epilogism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French épilogisme.
Noun
[edit]epilogism n (plural epilogisme)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | epilogism | epilogismul | epilogisme | epilogismele | |
genitive-dative | epilogism | epilogismului | epilogisme | epilogismelor | |
vocative | epilogismule | epilogismelor |
Categories:
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms suffixed with -ism
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with archaic senses
- English terms with quotations
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns