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单词 epigraph
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epigraphn.

/ˈɛpɪɡrɑːf//ˈɛpɪɡraf/
Forms: Also 1600s epigraphe.
Etymology: < Greek ἐπιγραϕή inscription, < ἐπιγράϕειν to write upon, < ἐπί upon + γράϕειν to write. In French épigraphe.
1. An inscription; esp. one placed upon a building, tomb, statue, etc., to indicate its name or destination; a legend on a coin.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun]
onwritingOE
writinga1382
inwritingc1384
writa1400
scripturec1400
scriptiona1425
style?a1527
inscriptiona1552
epigram1552
inscriptor1603
inscript1611
epigraph1624
scribings1870
wording1908
1624 Fisher in White's Repl. Fisher Pref. v These words..which should serue as an Epigraph vpon all their houses.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1662 (1955) III. 338 The Statue & epigraph under it of that renouned Physitian Dr. Harvey.
1697 J. Evelyn Numismata iii. 99 And this Epigraph, Quid me Persequeris.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature V. 90 The epigraph on the face, instead of the exurgue, is the precise Oriental custom of this day.
1832 C. Thirlwall in Philol. Museum 1 495 The epigraph of the thousand citizens who fell..at Chæronea.
1866 Reader 28 July 684 The oldest Samaritan epigraph now existing, which had been found immured in the wall of a mosque.
2. The superscription of a letter, book, etc.; also, the imprint on a title page. Obsolete.
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society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > colophon or imprint
epigraph1633
colophon1774
imprint1790
imprimatur1970
society > communication > writing > written text > an inscription > [noun] > superscription
titleOE
superscriptiona1425
epigraph1633
titulus1844
society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [noun] > heading > types of heading
epigraph1633
under-title1687
subhead1744
side head1822
catchword1833
side heading1836
subject line1836
subheading1842
catchline1845
subject heading1853
cut-line1883
box head1899
caption1923
overline1923
underline1924
strap1960
strap-line1960
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter i. 1 Our apostle puts in two words into the epigraph of this epistle, which he left out in the former.
1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. v. 20 You shall find it..in the Epigraphe of the Canons and Decrees.
a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vi. §116. 503 As he fronts it in the brazen Epigraph of his new Work.
1812 Monthly Rev. 67 145 Geneva was adopted for the epigraph of the title-page.
1826 R. Southey Lett. to C. Butler 217 He was of opinion that a diviner impulse had led him to chuse that epigraph [the title of a book].
3. A short quotation or pithy sentence placed at the commencement of a work, a chapter, etc. to indicate the leading idea or sentiment; a motto.
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society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > descriptive heading
inscription1529
rubric1816
epigraph1850
1850 E. B. Browning Future & Past in Poems (new ed.) I. 362 And write me new my future's epigraph.
1860 S. Lover Legends & Stories Ireland (ed. 10) i The beautiful ballad whence the epigraph of this story is quoted.
1874 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind I. 123 That phrase which is placed as an epigraph to this chapter.
in extended use.1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iii. v. 241 The Epigraph and Life-motto which John the Steadfast had adopted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

epigraphv.

/ˈɛpɪɡrɑːf//ˈɛpɪɡraf/
Etymology: < epigraph n.
transitive. To furnish with an epigraph.
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society > communication > book > matter of book > [verb (transitive)] > title or heading
entitlec1381
titlea1387
intitule1490
intitulate1575
overwrite1605
rubricate1793
subtitle1830
epigraph1860
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1867) I. 526 (note) Also a paper epigraphed: ‘Lo que dijo J. B. Piata a Don Juan de Indiaquez,’ 24 June, 1586.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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