encaustum

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛŋˈkau̯s.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eŋˈkau̯s.tum] === Noun === encaustum n (genitive encaustī); second declension the purple-red ink used by the later Roman emperors Near-synonym: ātrāmentum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Related terms ==== encaustus ==== Descendants ==== === 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 (2001–2026), “encaustum”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.