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hapax legomena

Syllables: ha·pax le·go·me·naUK/ˈhæpˌæks ləˈɡɒmɪnə/US/ˈhæpˌæks ləˈɡɑmɪnə/

hapax legomena is the plural of hapax legomenon.

Meaning of hapax legomenon

Noun

hapax legomenon (plural hapax legomena or (rare) hapax legomenons)

  1. A word occurring only once in a given corpus.
    • άγνως is a New Testament hapax legomenon. άγνός occurs two other times in Paul, both occurrences are in 2 Cor.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
    Synonyms:
    hapax

Words that rhyme with hapax legomena

Questions about hapax legomena

What is hapax legomena the plural of?
Hapax legomena is the plural of hapax legomenon.
How do you pronounce hapax legomena?
Hapax legomena is pronounced /ˈhæpˌæks ləˈɡɒmɪnə/ (UK).

Words near hapax legomena in the dictionary

  1. Haparanda
  2. hapas
  3. hapatoma
  4. hapatotoxin
  5. hapax
  6. hapax legomena
  7. hapax legomenon
  8. hapax legomenons
  9. hapaxanth
  10. hapaxanthic
  11. hapaxanthous

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