ἀνέκδοτος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀνέσδοτος (anésdotos) — Arcadocypriot

Etymology

From ἀν- (an-) +‎ ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “given in marriage; published”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.néɡ.do.tos/ → /aˈneɡ.ðo.tos/ → /aˈneɡ.ðo.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.néɡ.do.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈneɡ.do.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈneɡ.ðo.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈneɡ.ðo.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈneɡ.ðo.tos/

Adjective

ἀνέκδοτος • (anékdotos) m or f (neuter ἀνέκδοτον); second declension

1. not given in marriage
2. unpublished, secret

Declension

Second declension of ἀ̆νέκδοτος; ἀ̆νέκδοτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆νέκδοτος anékdotos	ἀ̆νέκδοτον anékdoton		ἀ̆νεκδότω anekdótō	ἀ̆νεκδότω anekdótō		ἀ̆νέκδοτοι anékdotoi	ἀ̆νέκδοτᾰ anékdota
Genitive		ἀ̆νεκδότου anekdótou	ἀ̆νεκδότου anekdótou		ἀ̆νεκδότοιν anekdótoin	ἀ̆νεκδότοιν anekdótoin		ἀ̆νεκδότων anekdótōn	ἀ̆νεκδότων anekdótōn
Dative		ἀ̆νεκδότῳ anekdótōi	ἀ̆νεκδότῳ anekdótōi		ἀ̆νεκδότοιν anekdótoin	ἀ̆νεκδότοιν anekdótoin		ἀ̆νεκδότοις anekdótois	ἀ̆νεκδότοις anekdótois
Accusative		ἀ̆νέκδοτον anékdoton	ἀ̆νέκδοτον anékdoton		ἀ̆νεκδότω anekdótō	ἀ̆νεκδότω anekdótō		ἀ̆νεκδότους anekdótous	ἀ̆νέκδοτᾰ anékdota
Vocative		ἀ̆νέκδοτε anékdote	ἀ̆νέκδοτον anékdoton		ἀ̆νεκδότω anekdótō	ἀ̆νεκδότω anekdótō		ἀ̆νέκδοτοι anékdotoi	ἀ̆νέκδοτᾰ anékdota
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆νεκδότως anekdótōs			ἀ̆νεκδοτώτερος anekdotṓteros			ἀ̆νεκδοτώτᾰτος anekdotṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: anècdota
• → Czech: anekdota
• → Dutch: anekdote
  • → Indonesian: anekdot
• → English: anecdote
• → Esperanto: anekdoto
• → Finnish: anekdootti
• → French: anecdote
• → Georgian: ანეკდოტი (aneḳdoṭi)
• → German: Anekdote
• → Hungarian: anekdota
• → Latin: anecdotum
• → Latvian: anekdote
• → Norwegian Bokmål: anekdote
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: anekdote
• → Polish: anegdota
• → Portuguese: anedota
• → Serbo-Croatian: anegdòta
• → Slovak: anekdota
• → Spanish: anécdota
  • → Hiligaynon: anékdota
• → Swedish: anekdot
• → Yiddish: אַנעקדאָט (anekdot)

Further reading

• ἀνέκδοτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνέκδοτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀνέκδοτος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἀνέκδοτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • unaffianced idem, page 906.
  • unbetrothed idem, page 908.