different between apostrophize vs epitome

English

Alternative forms

• apostrophise

Etymology

apostrophe +? -ize

Verb

apostrophize (third-person singular simple present apostrophizes, present participle apostrophizing, simple past and past participle apostrophized)

1. (transitive) To deliver an apostrophe (an exclamatory speech) to someone, especially someone not present.
   • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 14:

     "He fully believes he is one of the aristocracy! And he is so condescending to the son he so egregiously deludes that you might suppose him the most virtuous of parents. Oh!" said the old lady, apostrophizing him with infinite vehemence. "I could bite you!"
2. To add one or more apostrophe characters to text to indicate missing letters.

Derived terms

1. mis-apostrophize

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin epitom?, from Ancient Greek ??????? (epitom?, “an abridgment, also a surface-incision”), from ???????? (epitémn?, “I cut upon the surface, cut short, abridge”), from ??? (epí) + ????? (témn?, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??p?t.?.mi/, /??p?t.?.mi/

Noun

epitome (plural epitomes or epitomai)

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

   Synonyms: exemplar, model, type; see also Thesaurus:exemplar, Thesaurus:model
2. A representative example.

   Synonyms: quintessential, poster child; see also Thesaurus:exemplar
3. The height; the best.

   Synonyms: acme, greatest

4. A brief summary of a text.

   Synonyms: abstract, synopsis

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Usage notes

The sense “the height, the best” is considered incorrect by some; instead, pinnacle may be preferred.

Antonyms

• antithesis

Derived terms

Related terms

• epitomator
• epitomist
• epitomizer

Translations

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

epitome f (plural epitomi)

1. epitome

Latin

Alternative forms

• epitoma

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (epitom?), from ???????? (epitémn?), from ??? (epí) + ????? (témn?, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e?pi.to.me?/, [??p?t??me?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e?pi.to.me/, [??pi?t??m?]

Noun

epitom? f (genitive epitom?s); first declension

1. epitome, abridgement, synopsis

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Descendants

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

References

• 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?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Verb

epitome

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of epitomar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of epitomar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of epitomar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of epitomar.