encaustus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστος (énkaustos, “burned in”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /enˈkau̯s.tus/, [ɛŋˈkau̯s.tʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /enˈkau̯s.tus/, [eŋˈkau̯s.tus]
Adjective
encaustus (feminine encausta, neuter encaustum); first/second declension
- burned in, encaustic
- the encaustic mode of painting
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | encaustus | encausta | encaustum | encaustī | encaustae | encausta | |
| Genitive | encaustī | encaustae | encaustī | encaustōrum | encaustārum | encaustōrum | |
| Dative | encaustō | encaustae | encaustō | encaustīs | encaustīs | encaustīs | |
| Accusative | encaustum | encaustam | encaustum | encaustōs | encaustās | encausta | |
| Ablative | encaustō | encaustā | encaustō | encaustīs | encaustīs | encaustīs | |
| Vocative | encauste | encausta | encaustum | encaustī | encaustae | encausta | |
Related terms
- encaustum
Derived terms
- encausticus
References
- encaustus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- encaustus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- encaustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- “encaustus” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.