ἀνώνυμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀν- (an-, “without”) +‎ ὄνυμα (ónuma), Aeolic dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ἀνώνῠμος • (anṓnumos) m or f (neuter ἀνώνῠμον); second declension

1. anonymous, nameless

Inflection

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: анони́мен (anonímen)
• Greek: ανώνυμος (anónymos)
• → Latin: anōnymus (see there for further descendants)
• → Macedonian: анонимен (anonimen)
• → Russian: анони́мный (anonímnyj)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ȁnonīman

Further reading

• “ἀνώνυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνώνυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀνώνυμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀνώνυμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνώνυμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀνώνυμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀνώνυμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • anonymous idem, page 31.
  • inglorious idem, page 440.
  • low idem, page 502.
  • mean idem, page 519.
  • nameless idem, page 550.
  • obscure idem, page 566.
  • unknown idem, page 923.
  • unrenowned idem, page 929.
  • unsung idem, page 933.
  • untitled idem, page 934.