epigram的词源

英文词源

epigram (n.)

also epigramme, mid-15c., from Middle French épigramme, from Latin epigramma "an inscription," from Greek epigramma "inscription (especially in verse) on a tomb, public monument, etc.; a written estimate," from epigraphein "to write on, inscribe" (see epigraph). "The term was afterward extended to any little piece of verse expressing with precision a delicate or ingenious thought" [Century Dictionary]. Related: Epigrammatist.

中文词源

epigram：警句

epi-, 在上，在中。-gram, 写，见telegram。与epigraph在词源上没有区别，词义更多来自人为区别。

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epigram：警句；讽刺短诗 

词根词缀： epi-在…之上 + -gram-写,画