ἄνομος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, without) + νόμος (nómos, “law, ordinance; melody”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /á.no.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈa.no.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈa.no.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈa.no.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈa.no.mos/
Adjective
ἄνομος • (ánomos) m or f (neuter ἄνομον); second declension
- lawless, impious
- without the Mosaic law, hence without God
- (music) unmusical, without melody
- (of a sequestration) illegal
Declension
Second declension of ἄνομος; ἄνομον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἄνομος ánomos | ἄνομον ánomon | ἀνόμω anómō | ἀνόμω anómō | ἄνομοι ánomoi | ἄνομᾰ ánoma | ||||||||
Genitive | ἀνόμου anómou | ἀνόμου anómou | ἀνόμοιν anómoin | ἀνόμοιν anómoin | ἀνόμων anómōn | ἀνόμων anómōn | ||||||||
Dative | ἀνόμῳ anómōi | ἀνόμῳ anómōi | ἀνόμοιν anómoin | ἀνόμοιν anómoin | ἀνόμοις anómois | ἀνόμοις anómois | ||||||||
Accusative | ἄνομον ánomon | ἄνομον ánomon | ἀνόμω anómō | ἀνόμω anómō | ἀνόμους anómous | ἄνομᾰ ánoma | ||||||||
Vocative | ἄνομε ánome | ἄνομον ánomon | ἀνόμω anómō | ἀνόμω anómō | ἄνομοι ánomoi | ἄνομᾰ ánoma | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀνόμως anómōs | ἀνομώτερος anomṓteros | ἀνομώτᾰτος anomṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀνομέω (anoméō)
- ἀνόμημᾰ (anómēma)
- ἀνομῐ́ᾱ (anomíā)
Further reading
- ἄνομος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄνομος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄνομος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄνομος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)