adjective greek

mŏnogrammus

or , , , = μονόγραμμος, lit. of pictures

that consist of lines merely, outlined, sketched;

that consist of lines merely, outlined, sketched; hence transf.,

shadowy; a skeleton, a shadow •

Of incorporeal gods, shadowy: Epicurus monogrammos Deos et nihil agentes commentus est, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59.—Hence, as subst.: mŏnogrammus, i, m., comically, a skeleton, a shadow: monogrammi dicti sunt homines macie pertenues ac decolores: tractum a picturā, quae priusquam coloribus corporatur, umbra fingitur, Non. 37, 11 sq.; Lucil. ap. Non. l. l.—

A species of jasper •

A species of jasper: quae zmaragdo similis traversā lineā albā praecingitur et monogrammos vocatur, Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118.

Perseus ID: n29583 Key: monogrammus