ἐπιγρᾰφ-ή, ἡ,
inscription, στηλῶν on stones, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.43, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mir.” 843b17, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “AJ” 15.8.1; on a vase, “BCH” 6.6 (Delos, 2nd c.BC); on statues, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.9.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2. title of a work, [[ [prev\. author] 3.9.3, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 30, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3. name of a ship, [[“OGI” 447 (1st c.BC). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4. ascription of a deed to its author, credit or honour of a thing, [[ τὴν ἐ. τινος λαβεῖν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.31.4, compare “PSI” 4.424.9 (3rd c.BC); ἀπενέγκασθαι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.50.compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Caes.” 322d. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__5. insertion, interlineation in a document, [[ “PLond.” 2.178.13 2nd c.AD), “PRyl.” 316.2 (_plural_, 2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II. description of parties in pleadings,[[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 4.2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2. registration of property for taxation, in plural, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 17.41 codices (see. {ἐπιγραφεύς}). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3. impost, tax, [[ “PSI” 5.510.11 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; assessment, [[ POxy. 1445.8(2nd c.AD), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]