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hapax_legomenon
hapax legomenon
English
Noun
hapax legomenon (plural hapax legomena)
- A word occurring only once in a given corpus.
- 1999, Casey Wayne Davis, Oral Biblical Criticism: The Influence of the Principles of Orality on the Literary Structure of Paul's Epistle to the Philippians, page 89, footnote,
- άγνως is a New Testament hapax legomenon. άγνός occurs two other times in Paul, both occurences are in 2 Cor.
- 2000, Steven Pinker, Words and Rules ISBN 0-465-07269-0, page 172
- There is a lovely technical term for a word that appears once in a body of text: a hapax legomenon (plural: hapax legomena), Greek for “once said.” The term comes from philology, the study of old texts.
- 2005, Hanna Kahana, Esther: Juxtaposition of the Septuagint Translation with the Hebrew Text, page 129, footnote,
- In our case this means that πρωτοβαθρέω is an absolute hapax legomenon, if one assumes that the occurrences of βάθρον in Isa and διαβάθρη in Sam II are the result of corruptions.
- 1999, Casey Wayne Davis, Oral Biblical Criticism: The Influence of the Principles of Orality on the Literary Structure of Paul's Epistle to the Philippians, page 89, footnote,
Usage notes
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Translations
word occurring only once
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German
Etymology
From Ancient Greek. See hapax legomenon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌhapaks leˈɡoːmenɔn/
Noun
hapax legomenon n (genitive hapax legomenon, plural hapax legomena)
- Alternative letter-case form of Hapax Legomenon
- 1994, Jost Gippert
- "Ein altgeorgisches hapax legomenon"
- 1848, Ludwig Feuerbach, Das Wesen des Christentums - Zweiter Teil.
- So entstehen die Werke des Genies immer nur unter ganz besondern, nur einmal so zusammentreffenden Innern und äußern Bedingungen; sie sind hapax legomena. »Einmal ist alles Wahre nur.«
- 1873, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (transl. by Carl Schaarschmidt), Neue Abhandlungen über den menschlichen Verstand - Viertes Buch. Von der Erkenntnis
- Dies muß sich dann ganz ebenso verhalten, als ob das von ihnen Bemerkte zur Zahl der hapax legomena gehörte, dessen, was nur einmal gesagt worden ist, worüber Menagius ein Buch verfassen wollte.
- 1994, Jost Gippert
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒpɒkslɛɡomɛnon]
- Hyphenation: ha‧pax le‧go‧me‧non
Noun
hapax legomenon (plural hapax legomenonok)
- hapax legomenon
- 2014, László Grétsy, Anyanyelvi séták: Szavaink, neveink és szólásaink születése, életútja, titkokkal teli világa, Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, ISBN 9786155219221, page 34:
- Ahogy meghallottam ezt a naiv gyermeki szóalkotást, elhatároztam, hogy erről írni fogok. Nem annyira magáról a szóról, amely gyönyörűen megmutatja, hogy a kisgyerek hogyan keres és talál is fogódzókat egy általa még nem ismert, többnyire idegen szónak a megértéséhez (pici + hó + pata), hanem inkább erről a témáról, erről az ösztönös kreativitásról s annak nem csupán egyedi, egyszeri példányairól, hapax legomenonjairól, hanem többé-kevésbé társadalmivá is vált alkotásairól.
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Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | hapax legomenon | hapax legomenonok |
accusative | hapax legomenont | hapax legomenonokat |
dative | hapax legomenonnak | hapax legomenonoknak |
instrumental | hapax legomenonnal | hapax legomenonokkal |
causal-final | hapax legomenonért | hapax legomenonokért |
translative | hapax legomenonná | hapax legomenonokká |
terminative | hapax legomenonig | hapax legomenonokig |
essive-formal | hapax legomenonként | hapax legomenonokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | hapax legomenonban | hapax legomenonokban |
superessive | hapax legomenonon | hapax legomenonokon |
adessive | hapax legomenonnál | hapax legomenonoknál |
illative | hapax legomenonba | hapax legomenonokba |
sublative | hapax legomenonra | hapax legomenonokra |
allative | hapax legomenonhoz | hapax legomenonokhoz |
elative | hapax legomenonból | hapax legomenonokból |
delative | hapax legomenonról | hapax legomenonokról |
ablative | hapax legomenontól | hapax legomenonoktól |
Possessive forms of hapax legomenon | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | hapax legomenonom | hapax legomenonjaim |
2nd person sing. | hapax legomenonod | hapax legomenonjaid |
3rd person sing. | hapax legomenonja | hapax legomenonjai |
1st person plural | hapax legomenonunk | hapax legomenonjaink |
2nd person plural | hapax legomenonotok | hapax legomenonjaitok |
3rd person plural | hapax legomenonjuk | hapax legomenonjaik |