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 Latin) IPA(key): [ɛŋˈkau̯s.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eŋˈkau̯s.tus] === Adjective === encaustus (feminine encausta, neuter encaustum); first/second-declension adjective burned in, encaustic the encaustic mode of painting ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== encausticus ==== Related terms ==== encaustum === 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. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “encaustus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.