epigraph

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. An inscription, especially on a building.
2. A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
3. The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.

Verb

To provide (a literary work) with an epigraph.

Conceptos

epígrafe

epigrafía

sentencia

Sinónimos

inscription

epitaph

gnome

prefatory words

proverb

dictum

epigram

formula

maxim

motto

phrase

precept

sentence

apophthegm

inscription on a tablet

expression

monumental inscription

adage

aphorism

apothegm

axiom

Traducciones

épigraphe

Epigraph

epigrafe

epígrafe

επιγραφή

epígraf

Motto

epigraphe

Überschrift

epigrafi

Vorwort

iscrizione

opschrift

kitabe

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɛpɪˌɡɹæf/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Ancient Greek ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ, “inscription”), from ἐπιγράφω (epigráphō, “write upon”), from ἐπῐ- (epĭ-, “on, upon, over, etc.”) + γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to draw, paint, write, etc.”).