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/, [ɛŋˈkäu̯s̠t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /enˈkau̯s.tum/, [eŋˈkäu̯st̪um]
Noun
encaustum n (genitive encaustī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | encaustum | encausta |
| Genitive | encaustī | encaustōrum |
| Dative | encaustō | encaustīs |
| Accusative | encaustum | encausta |
| Ablative | encaustō | encaustīs |
| Vocative | encaustum | encausta |
Related terms
Descendants
- Corsican: inchjostru
- Dalmatian: inghiastro
- Dutch: inkt
- Old French: enque
- Neapolitan: gnostro
- Friulian: inğhustri
- Italian: inchiostro, encausto, incausto
- Sicilian: nchiostru
- Spanish: encausto → Spanish: encáustica
- 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
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “encaustum”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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