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epigramma

epigramma · n

An inscription

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Where it lives

Pausanias 1 · 11.34/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 7 · 5.53/10k
Epigrammata 28 · 4.97/10k
Pescennius Niger 1 · 4.39/10k
Opilius Macrinus 1 · 4.02/10k
Tacitus 1 · 3.24/10k
Pro Archia Poeta 1 · 3.21/10k
Maximini Duo 1 · 1.84/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
Dialogus de Oratoribus 1 · 1.08/10k
Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k
Satyricon 3 · 0.99/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ĕpĭgramma — Lewis & Short

ĕpĭgramma, ătis, n. (

I dat. plur. epigrammatis, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15.—Gen. plur.: epigrammatōn, Mart. 1 praef.; 1, 2; -matum, Suet. Aug. 85), = e)pi/gramma.

I An inscription; on the base of a statue, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57; on an offering, Nep. Paus. 1, 3; on tombstones, Petr. 115 fin.; as a brand, id. ib. 103, 4.—

II An epigram, Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 84; id. Arch. 10, 25; Quint. 1, 5, 20; Suet. Caes. 73 et saep.; so the Epigrammata of the poet Martial.

In the wild

epigrammate Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 8.3.29
Epigramma Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 1.24.4
epigrammata Martial, Epigrammata 2.7.3
epigrammata Martial, Epigrammata 1.110.1
epigrammata Martial, Epigrammata 6.65.5
epigrammatum Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 5.24.p57

6 of 77 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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