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ἀνώνυμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀνώνυμος ἀνώνυμος ἀνώνυμον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + νωνυμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/numa, aeolic for o)/noma

Sense

  1. anonymous, nameless

Examples

  • ἡ γὰρ τῶν ἀνωνύμων εἰδώλων θρησκεία παντὸσ ἀρχὴ κακοῦ καὶ αἰτία καὶ πέρασ ἐστίν. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 14:27)
  • καὶ γάρ τοι τούτων μὲν ἐκ πτωχῶν ἔνιοι ταχὺ πλούσιοι γίγνονται, καὶ ἐξ ἀνωνύμων καὶ ἀδόξων ἔνδοξοι καὶ γνώριμοι, ὑμεῖσ δὲ τοὐναντίον ἐκ μὲν ἐνδόξων ἄδοξοι, ἐκ δ’ εὐπόρων ἄποροι· (Demosthenes, Speeches, 77:2)
  • καὶ γάρ τοι τούτων μὲν ἐκ πτωχῶν ἔνιοι ταχὺ πλούσιοι γίγνονται, καὶ ἐξ ἀνωνύμων καὶ ἀδόξων ἔνδοξοι καὶ γνώριμοι, ὑμεῖσ δὲ τοὐναντίον ἐκ μὲν ἐνδόξων ἄδοξοι, ἐκ δ’ εὐπόρων ἄποροι· (Demosthenes, Speeches, 77:2)
  • ἔστι δὲ καὶ περὶ τὴν ὀργὴν ὑπερβολὴ καὶ ἔλλειψισ καὶ μεσότησ, σχεδὸν δὲ ἀνωνύμων ὄντων αὐτῶν τὸν μέσον πρᾶον λέγοντεσ τὴν μεσότητα πραότητα καλέσωμεν· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 83:3)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἀζήλου καὶ ταπεινῆσ πόλεωσ πολιτεύματα καὶ βίουσ οὐδὲ ἀνωνύμων καὶ ἀπερριμμένων ἀνθρώπων βουλεύματα καὶ πράξεισ μέλλω διηγεῖσθαι, ὥστε ὄχλον ἄν τινι καὶ φλυαρίαν φανῆναι τὴν περὶ τὰ μικρὰ καὶ φαῦλα ἡμῶν σπουδήν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 5, chapter 75 1:2)

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