encaustus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστος (énkaustos, “burned in”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛŋˈkau̯s.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eŋˈkau̯s.tus]

Adjective

encaustus (feminine encausta, neuter encaustum); first/second-declension adjective

1. burned in, encaustic
2. the encaustic mode of painting

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	encaustus	encausta	encaustum		encaustī	encaustae	encausta
genitive	encaustī	encaustae	encaustī		encaustōrum	encaustārum	encaustōrum
dative	encaustō	encaustae	encaustō		encaustīs
accusative	encaustum	encaustam	encaustum		encaustōs	encaustās	encausta
ablative	encaustō	encaustā	encaustō		encaustīs
vocative	encauste	encausta	encaustum		encaustī	encaustae	encausta

Derived terms

• encausticus

Related terms

• encaustum

References

• “encaustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “encaustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “encaustus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “encaustus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.