A.inscription, E.Tr.1191; esp. of the name of the maker on a work of art, or of the dedicator on an offering, Hdt. 5.59, 7.228, Th.6.54,59.
b.. sepulchral inscription in verse, epitaph, IG14.1746, etc.
2.. short poem, usu. in elegiac verse, epigram, Hieronym.Rhod. ap. Ath.13.604f, Callistr. ap. eund. 3.125c, etc.
4.. written estimate or demand of damages, D.38.2; title or label of a criminal charge, Arist.Rh.1374a1.
5.. mark branded on a slave's forehead, Herod. 5.79.