Hapax Legomenon
German
Alternative forms
- Hapaxlegomenon, Hapax legomenon, hapax Legomenon, hapax legomenon
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/
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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;
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- A concept, an idea of a genius.
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