anthology

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”), from ἀνθολογέω (anthologéō, “I gather flowers”), from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) + λέγω (légō, “I gather, pick up, collect”), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος (στέφανος (stéphanos, “garland”)) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Greek Anthology. Anthologiai were collections of small Greek poems and epigrams, because in Greek culture the flower symbolized the finer sentiments that only poetry can express.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ænˈθɒlədʒi/
(US) IPA^(key): /ænˈθɑləd͡ʒi/
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Hyphenation: an‧thol‧ogy
Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

anthology (plural anthologies)

A collection of literary works, such as poems or short stories, especially a collection from various authors.
(attributive) A work or series containing various stories with no direct relation to one another.
(by extension) An assortment of things.
The study of flowers.

Derived terms

anthological
anthologist
anthologize
anthologizer
patristic anthology

Related terms

anther

Translations

collection of literary works

Asturian: antoloxía f
Belarusian: антало́гія f (antalóhija)
Catalan: antologia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 文選／文选 (zh) (wénxuǎn), 詩集／诗集 (zh) (shījí), 選集／选集 (zh) (xuǎnjí)
Czech: antologie (cs) f, výbor (cs) m, výběr (cs) m, klasobraní n
Danish: antologi (da) c
Dutch: bloemlezing (nl) f
Esperanto: antologio
Finnish: antologia (fi), runokokoelma
French: anthologie (fr), florilège (fr)
Galician: antoloxía f, escolma f
German: Anthologie (de) f, Sammelband (de) f, Blütenlese (de) f
Greek: ανθολογία (anthología) f
Ancient: ἀνθολογία f (anthología)
Hausa: diwani
Hebrew: אנתולוגיה‎ (he) f (antológya)
Icelandic: sýnisbók f, safnrit n
Ido: antologio (io)
Italian: antologia (it), florilegio (it)
Japanese: アンソロジー (ansorojii), 詩集 (ja) (ししゅう, shijū), 選集 (ja) (せんしゅう, senshū)
Korean: 시집 (ko) (sijip), 문집 (ko) (munjip), 명시 선집 (myeongsi seonjip), 문선 (munseon)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: antolojî (ku) f
Latvian: antoloģija f
Lithuanian: antologija f
Malay: antologi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: antologi m
Persian: گلچین‎ (fa) (golčin)
Polish: antologia (pl) f
Portuguese: antologia (pt) f
Romanian: antologie (ro) f
Russian: антоло́гия (ru) f (antológija), хрестома́тия (ru) f (xrestomátija)
Scottish Gaelic: cruinneachadh m
Serbo-Croatian: antologija (sh) f
Spanish: antología (es) f, florilegio (es)
Swedish: antologi (sv) c, samlingsutgåva c
Turkish: antoloji (tr)
Ukrainian: антоло́гія (uk) f (antolóhija)
Vietnamese: văn tuyển
Walloon: antolodjeye (wa) f
Welsh: blodeugerdd (cy) f
Yiddish: זאַמלבוך‎ n (zamlbukh), אַנטאָלאָגיע‎ f (antologye)

assortment of things

Finnish: antologia (fi)
German: Auslese (de)
Portuguese: antologia (pt) f
Scottish Gaelic: cruinneachadh m
Serbo-Croatian: antologija (sh) f

study of flowers

Persian: گل‌شناسی‎ (golšenāsi)

References

anthology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia