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hapax legomenons

hapax legomenons 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

Questions about hapax legomenons

What is hapax legomenons the plural of?
Hapax legomenons is the plural of hapax legomenon.

Words near hapax legomenons in the dictionary

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

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