archaeography

English

Etymology

Formed as archae- +‎ -o- +‎ -graphy, after the Ancient Greek ἀρχαιογράφος (arkhaiográphos, “the writing of antiquities”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ärkēŏʹgrəfĭ, IPA^(key): /ɑːkiːˈɒɡɹəfɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

archaeography (countable and uncountable, plural archaeographies)

1. Discipline for publishing treatises of any antiquity or antiquities.
   • 1907, Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature‎, page 285:

     The institute grants the degree of doctor of archæology or archæography.

Derived terms

• archaeographist
• archaeographic
• archaeographically

Translations

treatise on antiquities

French: archéographie (fr) f Polish: archeografia f Portuguese: arqueografia f Romanian: arheografie (ro) f

References

• “archæography” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (second edition, 1989)