epigramma
From LSJ
φιλεῖ δέ τοι, δαιμόνιε, τῷ κάμνοντι συσπεύδειν θεός → you know, my good fellow, when a man strives hard, a god tends to lend him aid
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ĕpĭgramma: ătis, n. (
I dat. plur. epigrammatis, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 15.—Gen. plur.: epigrammatōn, Mart. 1 praef.; 1, 2; -matum, Suet. Aug. 85), = ἐπίγραμμα>.
I An inscription; on the base of a statue, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 57; on an offering, Nep. Paus. 1, 3; on tombstones, Petr. 115 fin.; as a brand, id. ib. 103, 4.—
II An epigram, Cic. Tusc. 1, 34, 84; id. Arch. 10, 25; Quint. 1, 5, 20; Suet. Caes. 73 et saep.; so the Epigrammata of the poet Martial.
