Epinomis
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπῐνομῐ́ς (Epĭnomĭ́s), from ἐπῐνομῐ́ς (epĭnomĭ́s, “an addition to a law”, “an appendix”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛˈpɪnəmɪs/
Proper noun
Epinomis
- A dialogue ascribed variously to Plato, his disciple–editor Philip of Opus, and to an unknown forger, and which forms an appendical thirteenth book to the former’s Laws.
Translations
dialogue ascribed (perhaps spuriously) to Plato, and which forms an appendical thirteenth book to his Laws
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