ἐπιγρᾰφ-ή, ἡ,
I
1. inscription, στηλῶν on stones, Th. 2.43, cf. Arist. Mir. 843b17, J. AJ 15.8.1; on a vase, BCH 6.6 (Delos, ii B.C.); on statues, Plb. 5.9.3.
2.. title of a work, Id. 3.9.3, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 30, etc.
3.. name of a ship, OGI 447 (i B.C.).
4.. ascription of a deed to its author, credit or honour of a thing, τὴν ἐ. τινος λαβεῖν Plb. 1.31.4, cf. PSI 4.424.9 (iii B.C.); ἀπενέγκασθαι D.S. 16.50.cf. Jul. Caes. 322d.
5.. insertion, interlineation in a document, PLond. 2.178.13 ii A.D.), PRyl. 316.2 (pl., ii A.D.).
II.
1. description of parties in pleadings, [Isa 4:2].
2.. registration of property for taxation, in pl., Isoc. 17.41 codd. (v. foreg.).
3.. impost, tax, PSI 5.510.11 (iii B.C.); assessment, POxy. 1445.8 (ii A.D.), etc.
4.. requisition, ὑποζυγίων BCH 46.309 (Teos).
ἐπιγραφή epigraphē 5x
an inscription; a legend of a coin, [Mat 22:20]; [Mar 12:16]; [Luk 20:24];
a label of a criminal’s name and offence, [Mar 15:26]; [Luk 23:38]
G1923 — ἐπιγραφή
ἐπιγραφης, ἡ (ἐπιγράφω), an inscription, title: in the N. T. of an inscription in black letters upon a whitened tablet (B. D. under the word ), [Luk 23:38]; with the genitive τῆς αἰτίας, i. e. of the accusation, [Mar 15:26] (γράμματα τήν αἰτίαν τῆς θανατώσεως αὐτοῦ δηλουντα, Dio Cassius, 54, 3; cf. Sueton. Calig. 32; Domit. 10); of the inscription on a coin: [Mat 22:20]; [Mar 12:16]; [Luk 20:24]. (From Thucydides down.)