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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἅπαξ λεγόμενον (hápax legómenon, “(something) said only once”), from ἅπαξ (hápax, “once”) and λεγόμενον (legómenon), passive participle of λέγω (légō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌhapaks leˈɡoːmenɔn/
Noun
Hapax Legomenon n (strong, genitive Hapax Legomenon, plural Hapax Legomena)
- hapax legomenon (a word occurring only once in a given corpus)
1994, Antonios Rengakos, “Lykophron als Homererklärer”, in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, volume 102, pages 111–130:κόρυμβος und ἄφλαστον stellen homerische Hapax Legomena dar (I 241 bzw. O 717), welche die antiken Homererklärer lebhaft beschäftigt haben. […] “Bogenbehälter”, ist ein Hapax Legomenon aus der Odyssee (f 54), das erst in der Alexandra wieder belegt ist;- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- A concept, an idea of a genius.