anagignoscomena

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰγῐγνωσκόμενᾰ (anagignōskómena, literally “those things that are read”), neuter plural of ᾰ̓νᾰγῐγνωσκόμενος (anagignōskómenos), present mediopassive participle of ᾰ̓νᾰγῐγνώσκω (anagignṓskō, “I know [them] again”, “I read”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.na.ɡiɡ.noːsˈko.me.na/, [änäɡɪŋnoːs̠ˈkɔmɛnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.na.d͡ʒiɲ.ɲosˈko.me.na/, [änäd͡ʒiɲːosˈkɔːmenä]

Noun

anagignōscomena n pl (genitive anagignōscomenōn or anagignōscomenōrum); second declension

1. (New Latin, Christianity, collectively) deuterocanonical, meaning those books of the Old Testament present in the Septuagint but absent in the Hebrew Masoretic Text: Tobit, Judith, the Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach, Baruch, the Epistle of Jeremiah, additions to the Book of Daniel (the Prayer of Azarias, Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon), additions to the Book of Esther, 1–3 Maccabees, and 1 Esdras, as well as, in some editions, Psalm 151, Odes, the Prayer of Manasseh, 2 Esdras, and 4 Maccabees
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:anagignoscomena.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	anagignōscomena
Genitive	anagignōscomenōn anagignōscomenōrum
Dative	anagignōscomenīs
Accusative	anagignōscomena
Ablative	anagignōscomenīs
Vocative	anagignōscomena

See also

• apocrypha
• canonizomena