"encaustus" meaning in Latin

See encaustus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ɛŋˈkau̯s.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [eŋˈkau̯s.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστος (énkaustos, “burned in”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”), from καίω (kaíō, “I burn”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|ἔγκαυστος||burned in}} Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστος (énkaustos, “burned in”) Head templates: {{la-adj|encaustus}} encaustus (feminine encausta, neuter encaustum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|encaustus}} Forms: encausta [feminine], encaustum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], encaustus [masculine, nominative, singular], encausta [feminine, nominative, singular], encaustum [neuter, nominative, singular], encaustī [masculine, nominative, plural], encaustae [feminine, nominative, plural], encausta [neuter, nominative, plural], encaustī [genitive, masculine, singular], encaustae [feminine, genitive, singular], encaustī [genitive, neuter, singular], encaustōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], encaustārum [feminine, genitive, plural], encaustōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], encaustō [dative, masculine, singular], encaustae [dative, feminine, singular], encaustō [dative, neuter, singular], encaustīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], encaustum [accusative, masculine, singular], encaustam [accusative, feminine, singular], encaustum [accusative, neuter, singular], encaustōs [accusative, masculine, plural], encaustās [accusative, feminine, plural], encausta [accusative, neuter, plural], encaustō [ablative, masculine, singular], encaustā [ablative, feminine, singular], encaustō [ablative, neuter, singular], encaustīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], encauste [masculine, singular, vocative], encausta [feminine, singular, vocative], encaustum [neuter, singular, vocative], encaustī [masculine, plural, vocative], encaustae [feminine, plural, vocative], encausta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. burned in, encaustic Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-encaustus-la-adj-gFb2JJ4a Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. the encaustic mode of painting Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-encaustus-la-adj-rDz~~1mT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: encausticus Related terms: encaustum 
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