uncial
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Etymology 1
Attested 1650, from Latin uncia (“a twelfth part, ounce, inch”).
Adjective
uncial (comparative more uncial, superlative most uncial)
Etymology 2
Attested 1712, from Late Latin unciales (“uncials”), unciales litterae (“uncial letters”) (Jerome), plural of uncialis (“pertaining to one twelfth part, ounce, or inch”), from uncia (“one twelfth part, ounce, inch”). The literal meaning is unclear: some references indicate "inch-high letters", but see “Uncial script” in Wikipedia.
Pronunciation
Adjective
uncial (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- This, also written in black letter, we found inscribed on a second parchment that was in the coffer, apparently somewhat older in date than that on which was inscribed the mediæval Latin translation of the uncial Greek of which I shall speak presently.
Translations
Noun
uncial (plural uncials)
- A style of writing using uncial letters.
- A letter in this style.
- A manuscript in this style.
Translations
Derived terms
- semi-uncial, half-uncial
Related terms
References
- “uncial”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “uncial”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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