prosopographia

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προσωπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (prosōpogrăphĭ́ā), from πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, person”) + -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā, “writing, drawing”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pro‧so‧po‧graph‧i‧a === Noun === prosopographia (uncountable) (rhetoric) The vivid description of someone's face or character. Hypernym: enargia The description of feigned or imaginary characters, such as devils or harpies. === Further reading === Gideon O. Burton (26 February 2007), “prosopographia”, in Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric‎[1]. == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek προσωπογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (prosōpogrăphĭ́ā), from πρόσωπον (prósōpon, “face, person”) + -γρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (-grăphĭ́ā, “writing, drawing”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) === Pronunciation === prosōpographia: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prɔ.soː.pɔˈɡra.pʰi.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pro.s̬o.poˈɡraː.fi.a] Hyphenation: pro‧sō‧po‧gra‧phi‧a prosōpographiā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prɔ.soː.pɔˈɡra.pʰi.aː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pro.s̬o.poˈɡraː.fi.a] Hyphenation: pro‧sō‧po‧gra‧phi‧ā === Noun === prosōpographia f (genitive prosōpographiae); first declension (Renaissance Latin, New Latin) prosopography (a study of the individuals in a group of people within a specific context and their relationships) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ====