ἄνομος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, without) +‎ νόμος (nómos, “law, ordinance; melody”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.no.mos/ → /ˈa.no.mos/ → /ˈa.no.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.no.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.no.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.no.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.no.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.no.mos/

Adjective

ἄνομος • (ánomos) m or f (neuter ἄνομον); second declension

1. lawless, impious
2. without the Mosaic law, hence without God
3. (music) unmusical, without melody
4. (of a sequestration) illegal

Declension

Second declension of ἄνομος; ἄνομον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄνομος ánomos	ἄνομον ánomon		ἀνόμω anómō	ἀνόμω anómō		ἄνομοι ánomoi	ἄνομᾰ ánoma
Genitive		ἀνόμου anómou	ἀνόμου anómou		ἀνόμοιν anómoin	ἀνόμοιν anómoin		ἀνόμων anómōn	ἀνόμων anómōn
Dative		ἀνόμῳ anómōi	ἀνόμῳ anómōi		ἀνόμοιν anómoin	ἀνόμοιν anómoin		ἀνόμοις anómois	ἀνόμοις anómois
Accusative		ἄνομον ánomon	ἄνομον ánomon		ἀνόμω anómō	ἀνόμω anómō		ἀνόμους anómous	ἄνομᾰ ánoma
Vocative		ἄνομε ánome	ἄνομον ánomon		ἀνόμω anómō	ἀνόμω anómō		ἄνομοι ánomoi	ἄνομᾰ ánoma
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀνόμως anómōs			ἀνομώτερος anomṓteros			ἀνομώτᾰτος anomṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνομέω (anoméō)
• ἀνόμημᾰ (anómēma)
• ἀνομῐ́ᾱ (anomíā)

 

Further reading

• “ἄνομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄνομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄνομος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄνομος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • anarchic idem, page 28.
  • evil idem, page 286.
  • lawless idem, page 480.
  • licentious idem, page 488.
  • profligate idem, page 653.
  • sinful idem, page 777.
  • unlawful idem, page 924.
  • unnamed idem, page 926.
  • unrighteous idem, page 930.
  • unruly idem, page 930.
  • unwarrantable idem, page 936.
  • wicked idem, page 978.
  • wrong idem, page 994.
• “ἄνομος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011