ἐπιγραφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιγράφω (epigráphō) + ().

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐπῐγρᾰφή • (epigraphḗ) f (genitive ἐπῐγρᾰφῆς); first declension

  1. inscription
    1. title of a work
    2. name of a ship
      • Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae 447
    3. ascription of a deed to its author, credit or honor of a thing
    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

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