Epigraph

имя существительное эпиграф Синоним(ы): proverb

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Epigraph

noun Etymology: Greek epigraphē, from epigraphein 1. an engraved inscription 2. a quotation set at the beginning of a literary work or one of its divisions to suggest its theme

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