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ἀνώμαλος

ἀνώμαλος

See also: ανώμαλος

Ancient Greek

Adjective

ᾰ̓νώμᾰλος (anṓmalos) m, f (neuter ᾰ̓νώμᾰλον); second declension

  1. (literally and figuratively) uneven, irregular
  2. (of conditions and fortune) precarious
    • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Fragments 684
    • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 773.b
    • bad argument #1 to 'lc' (string expected, got nil)
    • 204 CE – 270 CE, Plotinus, Collected Works 6.7.34
    • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Prognostics 3
    • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 7.29
    • Prisc. p.333.D
  3. (of persons) inconsistent, capricious
  4. (grammar) of words which deviate from a general rule, anomalous

Declension

Derived terms

  • ᾰ̓νωμᾰλέω (anōmaléō)
  • ᾰ̓νωμᾰλής (anōmalḗs)
  • ᾰ̓νωμᾰλῐ́ᾱ (anōmalíā)
  • ᾰ̓νωμᾰλίζω (anōmalízō)
  • ᾰ̓νωμᾰλοκράς (anōmalokrás)
  • ᾰ̓νωμᾰλότης (anōmalótēs)

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