encaustum
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /enˈkau̯s.tum/, [ɛŋˈkau̯s.tũ]
Noun
encaustum n (genitive encaustī); second declension
- the purple-red ink used by the later Roman emperors
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | encaustum | encausta |
| Genitive | encaustī | encaustōrum |
| Dative | encaustō | encaustīs |
| Accusative | encaustum | encausta |
| Ablative | encaustō | encaustīs |
| Vocative | encaustum | encausta |
Related terms
- encaustus
Descendants
- Corsican: inchjostru
- Dalmatian: inghiastro
- Dutch: inkt
- Old French: enque
- French: encre
- English: ink
- Norman: encre
- Friulian: inğhustri
- Italian: inchiostro, encausto, incausto
- Sicilian: nchiostru
- Spanish: encausto
- Walloon: intche
- Welsh: inc
References
- encaustum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- encaustum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- encaustum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- “encaustum” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.