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ἐπίγραμμα

ἐπίγραμμα, an inscription

ἐπίγραμμ-α, ατος, τό,
  • inscription, E. Tr. 1191; esp. of the name of the maker on a work of art, or of the dedicator on an offering, Hdt. 5.59, 7.228, Th. 6.54, 59.
        • b sepulchral inscription in verse, epitaph, IG 14.1746, etc.
        • c commemorative inscription, D. 20.112: hence, = ἐπιγραφή I.4, App. Pun. 94.
      • 2 short poem, usu. in elegiac verse, epigram, Hieronym.Rhod. ap. Ath. 13.604f, Callistr. ap. eund. 3.125c, etc.
      • 3 title of a work, Alex. 135.4, 10, D.H. Rh. 8.8, Gal. 6.372, etc.; of a picture, Ael. VH 9.11.
      • 4 written estimate or demand of damages, D. 38.2; title or label of a criminal charge, Arist. Rh. 1374a1.
      • 5 mark branded on a slaveʼs forehead, Herod. 5.79.

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