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ἐπιγραφήν (epigraphen)

ἐπιγραφήν is an Ancient Greek form of ἐπιγραφή, meaning “inscription, title”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 58 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 1.5.82: … πατράσιν αὐτῶν. χρόνῳ δὲ ἐν ταῖς Ἀθήναις, ὡς προείρηται, τοῦ τρίποδος εὑρεθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν ἁλιέων, τοῦ χαλκοῦ, ἐπιγραφὴν ἔχοντος τῷ σοφῷ, Σάτυρος μέν φησι παρελθεῖν τὰς κόρασ—οἱ δὲ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν, ὡς καὶ Φανόδικοσ—εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησ …

Plutarch, Pericles 14.1: … ων δὲ πάμπολλα· μὴ τοίνυν, εἶπεν, ὑμῖν, ἀλλʼ ἐμοὶ δεδαπανήσθω, καὶ τῶν ἀναθημάτων ἰδίαν ἐμαυτοῦ ποιήσομαι τὴν ἐπιγραφήν.

All forms of ἐπιγραφή (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.