English-Thai Dictionary

uncial

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ ตัวหนังสือ กรีก และ ละติน  สมัย ศตวรรษ ที่  4-8 kiao-kab-tua-nang-sue-krik-lae-la-tin-sa-mai-sa-ta-wat-ti-4-8

 

uncial

N ตัวหนังสือช นิดหนึ่ง  ตัวอักษรช นิดหนึ่ง  tua-nang-sue-cha-nit-nueng

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNCIAL

a.[L. uncialis.] Pertaining to letters of a large size, used in ancient manuscripts.

 

UNCIAL

n.An uncial letter.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNCIAL

Un "cial, a. Etym: [L. uncialis amounting to the twelfth part of a pound or a foot, from uncia the twelfth part of a pound or of a foot, an ounce, an inch: cf. F. oncial. See Inch a measure. ]

 

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 1 th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style.

 

UNCIAL

UNCIAL Un "cial, n.

 

Defn: An uncial letter.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

uncial

un ci al |ˈənSHəl, -sēəl ˈəntʃəl | ▶adjective 1 of or written in a majuscule script with rounded unjoined letters that is found in European manuscripts of the 4th –8th centuries and from which modern capital letters are derived. 2 rare of or relating to an inch or an ounce. ▶noun an uncial letter or script. • a manuscript in uncial script. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin uncialis, from uncia ‘inch. ’ Sense 1 of the adjective is in the late Latin sense of unciales litterae ‘uncial letters, ’ the original application of which is unclear.

 

Oxford Dictionary

uncial

uncial |ˈʌnsɪəl, -ʃ (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 of or written in a majuscule script with rounded unjoined letters which is found in European manuscripts of the 4th –8th centuries and from which modern capital letters are derived. 2 rare relating to an inch or an ounce. ▶noun an uncial letter or script. • a manuscript in uncial script. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin uncialis, from uncia ‘inch ’. Sense 1 of the adjective is in the late Latin sense of unciales litterae ‘uncial letters ’, the original application of which is unclear.

 

Spanish Dictionary

uncial

uncial adjetivo 1 [sistema de escritura ] Que solo empleaba letras mayúsculas de un tamaño cercano a la pulgada y que se usó hasta el siglo viii .2 adjetivo /nombre común [letra ] Que se usaba en esta escritura .ETIMOLOGÍA Derivado de uncia en el sentido de ‘duodécima parte de un pie (pulgada )’, por el tamaño de este tipo de letra .