epitomeとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle French, from Latin epitome, epitoma, from Ancient Greek ἐπιτομή (epitomḗ, “an abridgment, also a surface-incision”), from ἐπιτέμνω (epitémnō, “I cut upon the surface, cut short, abridge”), from ἐπί (epí) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /əˈpɪt.ə.mi/, /ɪˈpɪt.ə.mi/

名詞

epitome (複数形 epitomes または epitomai)

1. The embodiment or encapsulation of a class of items.

   Synonyms: exemplar, model, type

2. A representative example.
3. The height; the best.

   Synonym: acme

4. A brief summary of a text.

   Synonym: synopsis

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

使用する際の注意点

The sense ‘the height, the best’ is considered incorrect by some; instead, 'pinnacle' may be preferred.

同意語

• (an embodiment of): synopsis, exemplar
• (the best): greatest, quintessential,

poster child

• (a summary): abstract, synopsis

反意語

• antithesis

派生語

関連する語

• epitomator
• epitomist
• epitomizer

Further reading

• epitome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• epitome in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

別の表記

• epitoma

語源

From Ancient Greek ἐπιτομή (epitomḗ), from ἐπιτέμνω (epitémnō), from ἐπί (epí) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.to.meː/, [ɛˈpɪ.t̪ɔ.meː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈpi.to.me/, [ɛˈpiː.t̪ɔ.mɛ]

名詞

epitomē f (genitive epitomēs); first declension

1. epitome, abridgement, synopsis

語形変化

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

派生した語

• Catalan: epítom
• English: epitome
• Galician: epítome
• Portuguese: epítome
• Spanish: epítome

参照

• epitome in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• epitome in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• epitome in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• epitome in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• epitome in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016