christogramma
Latin
Etymology
Christo- + 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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʰris.toˈɡram.ma/, [kʰrɪs.tɔˈɡram.ma]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kris.toˈɡram.ma/
Noun
christogramma n (genitive christogrammatis); third declension
- (New Latin) Christogram
- 1839: "Imperator paludatus stans, d. labarum, cui inscriptum Christogramma, s. sceptrum; adstante et imperatorem coronante Victoria." Museum Münterianum. pars III. Numos Byzantiorum aliorumque et antiquitates varii generis continens (auction catalogue), p. 18.
- 1992: "Cernuntur tantum nonnullae litterae et christogrammata graphio scripta in parietibus, sed numquam uidentur antiqua, immo uero saec. XIX et XX." Inscriptiones Christianae vrbis Romae septimo saecvlo antiqviores: Nova series vol. 10, p. 161
Inflection
Third declension neuter.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | christogramma | christogrammata |
| Genitive | christogrammatis | christogrammatum |
| Dative | christogrammatī | christogrammatibus |
| Accusative | christogramma | christogrammata |
| Ablative | christogrammate | christogrammatibus |
| Vocative | christogramma | christogrammata |