ἀνώνυμος

See also: ανώνυμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.nɔ̌ː.ny.mos/ → /aˈno.ny.mos/ → /aˈno.ni.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nɔ̌ː.ny.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈno.ny.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈno.ny.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈno.ny.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈno.ni.mos/

Adjective

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

1. anonymous, nameless

Inflection

Second declension of ἀνώνυμος; ἀνώνυμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀνώνυμος anṓnumos	ἀνώνυμον anṓnumon		ἀνωνύμω anōnúmō	ἀνωνύμω anōnúmō		ἀνώνυμοι anṓnumoi	ἀνώνυμᾰ anṓnuma
Genitive		ἀνωνύμου anōnúmou	ἀνωνύμου anōnúmou		ἀνωνύμοιν anōnúmoin	ἀνωνύμοιν anōnúmoin		ἀνωνύμων anōnúmōn	ἀνωνύμων anōnúmōn
Dative		ἀνωνύμῳ anōnúmōi	ἀνωνύμῳ anōnúmōi		ἀνωνύμοιν anōnúmoin	ἀνωνύμοιν anōnúmoin		ἀνωνύμοις anōnúmois	ἀνωνύμοις anōnúmois
Accusative		ἀνώνυμον anṓnumon	ἀνώνυμον anṓnumon		ἀνωνύμω anōnúmō	ἀνωνύμω anōnúmō		ἀνωνύμους anōnúmous	ἀνώνυμᾰ anṓnuma
Vocative		ἀνώνυμε anṓnume	ἀνώνυμον anṓnumon		ἀνωνύμω anōnúmō	ἀνωνύμω anōnúmō		ἀνώνυμοι anṓnumoi	ἀνώνυμᾰ anṓnuma
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀνωνύμως anōnúmōs			ἀνωνυμότερος anōnumóteros			ἀνωνυμότᾰτος anōnumótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], 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.