encaustus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστος (énkaustos, “burned in”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /enˈkau̯s.tus/, [ɛŋˈkau̯s.tʊs]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /enˈkau̯s.tus/, [eŋˈkau̯s.tus]

Adjective

encaustus (feminine encausta, neuter encaustum); first/second declension

  1. burned in, encaustic
  2. the encaustic mode of painting

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative encaustus encausta encaustum encaustī encaustae encausta
Genitive encaustī encaustae encaustī encaustōrum encaustārum encaustōrum
Dative encaustō encaustae encaustō encaustīs encaustīs encaustīs
Accusative encaustum encaustam encaustum encaustōs encaustās encausta
Ablative encaustō encaustā encaustō encaustīs encaustīs encaustīs
Vocative encauste encausta encaustum encaustī encaustae encausta

Derived terms
  • encausticus

References
  • encaustus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • encaustus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • encaustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • “encaustus” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
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