ἔγκαυστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐν- (en-) +‎ καυστός (kaustós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /éŋ.kau̯s.tos/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡaɸs.tos/ → /ˈeŋ.ɡafs.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /éŋ.kau̯s.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.kaʍs.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡaɸs.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡafs.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈeŋ.ɡafs.tos/

Adjective

ἔγκαυστος • (énkaustos) m or f (neuter ἔγκαυστον); second declension

1. burnt in
2. painted in encaustic
3. (nominalized, neuter) encaustic painting

Declension

Second declension of ἔγκαυστος; ἔγκαυστον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἔγκαυστος énkaustos	ἔγκαυστον énkauston		ἐγκαύστω enkaústō	ἐγκαύστω enkaústō		ἔγκαυστοι énkaustoi	ἔγκαυστᾰ énkausta
Genitive		ἐγκαύστου enkaústou	ἐγκαύστου enkaústou		ἐγκαύστοιν enkaústoin	ἐγκαύστοιν enkaústoin		ἐγκαύστων enkaústōn	ἐγκαύστων enkaústōn
Dative		ἐγκαύστῳ enkaústōi	ἐγκαύστῳ enkaústōi		ἐγκαύστοιν enkaústoin	ἐγκαύστοιν enkaústoin		ἐγκαύστοις enkaústois	ἐγκαύστοις enkaústois
Accusative		ἔγκαυστον énkauston	ἔγκαυστον énkauston		ἐγκαύστω enkaústō	ἐγκαύστω enkaústō		ἐγκαύστους enkaústous	ἔγκαυστᾰ énkausta
Vocative		ἔγκαυστε énkauste	ἔγκαυστον énkauston		ἐγκαύστω enkaústō	ἐγκαύστω enkaústō		ἔγκαυστοι énkaustoi	ἔγκαυστᾰ énkausta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐγκαύστως enkaústōs			ἐγκαυστότερος enkaustóteros			ἐγκαυστότᾰτος enkaustótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: encaustus
• → Latin: encaustum (see there for further descendants)
• → Persian: انکاس (enkâs)

Further reading

• ἔγκαυστος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔγκαυστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἔγκαυστος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• ἔγκαυστος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “ἔγκαυστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press