English

Alternative forms

• anecdoton (Grecian)

Noun

anecdotum ‎(plural anecdota)

1. (rare, Latinate) Alternative spelling of anecdote
   • 1837, Friedrich Adolf Ebert and Arthur Browne, A General Bibliographical Dictionary, entry 8,304, page 633

     Ang. Mai published it anew by mistake as an anecdotum, under the title, Philonis Judæi de virtute ejusque partibus.

   • 1965, David Roy Shackleton Bailey, Cicero’s Letters to Atticus, 371 (xiv. 17) — Pompeii, 3 May 44 — cicero to atticus: ¶ 6, page 49 ^〃 (University Press)

     I have not yet quite polished that anecdotum of mine to my satisfaction.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος ‎(anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), from ᾰ̓ν- ‎(an-, “negative prefix”) (English an-) + ἔκδοτος ‎(ékdotos, “published”), from ἐκδῐ́δωμῐ ‎(ekdídōmi, “I publish”), from ἐκ ‎(ek, “out”) +‎ δῐ́δωμῐ ‎(dídōmi, “I give”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈnek.do.tum/, [aˈnɛk.dɔ.tũ]

Noun

anecdotum n ‎(genitive anecdotī); second declension

1. a short story or narrative, anecdote

Inflection

Second declension.

Synonyms

• (short story): fābella, narrātiuncula