uncial

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A style of writing using uncial letters.
  2. A letter in this style.
  3. A manuscript in this style.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high. rare
  2. Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries. not-comparable
    — This, also written in black letter, we found inscribed on a second parchment that was in the coffer, apparently somewhat older in date than that on which was inscribed the mediæval Latin translation of the uncial Greek of which I shall speak presently.

词形变化

more uncial comparative most uncial superlative uncials plural

词汇关系

衍生词
semi-uncial half-uncial
相关词
uncia ounce inch

词源

词源 1
Attested 1650, from Latin uncia (“a twelfth part, ounce, inch”) + -al.
词源 2
Attested 1712, from Late Latin unciales (“uncials”), unciales litterae (“uncial letters”) (Jerome), plural of uncialis (“pertaining to one twelfth part, ounce, or inch”), from uncia (“one twelfth part, ounce, inch”). The literal meaning is unclear: some references indicate "inch-high letters", but see “Uncial script” in Wikipedia.
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