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 • (epĭgrăphḗ) 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

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐγρᾰφή hē epĭgrăphḗ	τὼ ἐπῐγρᾰφᾱ́ tṑ epĭgrăphā́	αἱ ἐπῐγρᾰφαί hai epĭgrăphaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐγρᾰφῆς tês epĭgrăphês	τοῖν ἐπῐγρᾰφαῖν toîn epĭgrăphaîn	τῶν ἐπῐγρᾰφῶν tôn epĭgrăphôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐγρᾰφῇ têi epĭgrăphêi	τοῖν ἐπῐγρᾰφαῖν toîn epĭgrăphaîn	ταῖς ἐπῐγρᾰφαῖς taîs epĭgrăphaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐγρᾰφήν tḕn epĭgrăphḗn	τὼ ἐπῐγρᾰφᾱ́ tṑ epĭgrăphā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐγρᾰφᾱ́ς tā̀s epĭgrăphā́s
Vocative	ἐπῐγρᾰφή epĭgrăphḗ	ἐπῐγρᾰφᾱ́ epĭgrăphā́	ἐπῐγρᾰφαί epĭgrăphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ ἐπῐγρᾰφή; τῆς ἐπῐγρᾰφῆς (Attic)

Derived terms

• ἐπῐγρᾰφῐκός (epĭgrăphĭkós)
• ψευδεπῐ́γρᾰφος (pseudepĭ́grăphos)

 

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • epitaph idem, page 279.
  • inscription idem, page 444.
  • registration idem, page 687.
  • superscription idem, page 839.