ἀνώμαλος

See also: ανώμαλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ᾰ̓- (ă-, “un-”) +‎ ὁμᾰλός (homălós, “even, level”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.nɔ̌ː.ma.los/ → /aˈno.ma.los/ → /aˈno.ma.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nɔ̌ː.ma.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈno.ma.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈno.ma.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈno.ma.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈno.ma.los/

Adjective

ᾰ̓νώμᾰλος • (ănṓmălos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓νώμᾰλον); second declension

1. (literally and figuratively) uneven, irregular
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 625d
   • 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 58a
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.71
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 885a.15
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Aër. 13
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Physics 5.228b.16
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 4.772b.7
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 5.788a.1
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Physics 5.238a.22
   • 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 52e
2. (of conditions and fortune) precarious
   • 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Fragments 684
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 773b
   • 386 BCE – 367 BCE, Plato, Menexenus 238e
   • AD 254–270, Plotinus, Enneades 6.7.34
   • 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, Prognostics 3
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 7.29
   • Prisc. p.333D
3. (of persons) inconsistent, capricious
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Poetics 1454a.26
   • 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, Civil Wars 3.42
   • 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, Punic Wars 59
   • Phryn., Com. 20
   • Palatine Anthology 10.96
   • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Collected Works 9.44
4. (grammar) of words which deviate from a general rule, anomalous
   • Diom. 1.327
   • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 291.17
   • Sch.Th., Oxy. 853v.18

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓νώμᾰλος; ᾰ̓νώμᾰλον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓νώμᾰλος ănṓmălos	ᾰ̓νώμᾰλον ănṓmălon		ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λω ănōmắlō	ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λω ănōmắlō		ᾰ̓νώμᾰλοι ănṓmăloi	ᾰ̓νώμᾰλᾰ ănṓmălă
Genitive		ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λου ănōmắlou	ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λου ănōmắlou		ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λοιν ănōmắloin	ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λοιν ănōmắloin		ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λων ănōmắlōn	ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λων ănōmắlōn
Dative		ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λῳ ănōmắlōi	ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λῳ ănōmắlōi		ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λοιν ănōmắloin	ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λοιν ănōmắloin		ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λοις ănōmắlois	ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λοις ănōmắlois
Accusative		ᾰ̓νώμᾰλον ănṓmălon	ᾰ̓νώμᾰλον ănṓmălon		ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λω ănōmắlō	ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λω ănōmắlō		ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λους ănōmắlous	ᾰ̓νώμᾰλᾰ ănṓmălă
Vocative		ᾰ̓νώμᾰλε ănṓmăle	ᾰ̓νώμᾰλον ănṓmălon		ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λω ănōmắlō	ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λω ănōmắlō		ᾰ̓νώμᾰλοι ănṓmăloi	ᾰ̓νώμᾰλᾰ ănṓmălă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓νωμᾰ́λως ănōmắlōs			ᾰ̓νωμᾰλώτερος ănōmălṓteros			ᾰ̓νωμᾰλώτᾰτος ănōmălṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ᾰ̓νωμᾰλέω (ănōmăléō)
• ᾰ̓νωμᾰλής (ănōmălḗs)
• ᾰ̓νωμᾰλῐ́ᾱ (ănōmălĭ́ā)
• ᾰ̓νωμᾰλίζω (ănōmălízō)
• ᾰ̓νωμᾰλοκράς (ănōmălokrás)
• ᾰ̓νωμᾰλότης (ănōmălótēs)

Descendants

• → Latin: anōmalos, anōmalus (see there for further descendants)
• Greek: ανώμαλος (anómalos)

Further reading

• “ἀνώμαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνώμαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνώμαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνώμαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • irregular idem, page 459.
  • lumpy idem, page 504.
  • unequal idem, page 916.
  • uneven idem, page 916.