anecdotum
English
Alternative forms
- anecdoton (Grecian)
Etymology
Back-formation from anecdota, reinterpreting the nominative neuter plural case ending -a as a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin case ending (singular: -um), rather than (as is etymologically-consistent) as an (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek case ending (singular: -on, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS.); perhaps reinforced by (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin anecdotum.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /əˈnɛkdətəm/
Noun
anecdotum (plural anecdota)
- (rare, Latinate) Alternative spelling of anecdote
- 1837, Friedrich Adolf Ebert and Arthur Browne, A General Bibliographical Dictionary, entry 8,304, page 633
- Ang. Mai published it anew by mistake as an anecdotum, under the title, Philonis Judæi de virtute ejusque partibus.
- 1965, David Roy Shackleton Bailey, Cicero’s Letters to Atticus, 371 (xiv. 17) — Pompeii, 3 May 44 — cicero to atticus: ¶ 6, page 49 〃 (University Press)
- I have not yet quite polished that anecdotum of mine to my satisfaction.
- 1837, Friedrich Adolf Ebert and Arthur Browne, A General Bibliographical Dictionary, entry 8,304, page 633
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνέκδοτος (anékdotos, “accounts unpublished”), from ᾰ̓ν- (an-, “negative prefix”) (English an-) + ἔκδοτος (ékdotos, “published”), from ἐκδῐ́δωμῐ (ekdídōmi, “I publish”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + δῐ́δωμῐ (dídōmi, “I give”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈnek.do.tum/, [äˈnɛɡd̪ɔt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈnek.do.tum/, [äˈnɛkd̪ot̪um]
Noun
anecdotum n (genitive anecdotī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | anecdotum | anecdota |
Genitive | anecdotī | anecdotōrum |
Dative | anecdotō | anecdotīs |
Accusative | anecdotum | anecdota |
Ablative | anecdotō | anecdotīs |
Vocative | anecdotum | anecdota |
Synonyms
- (short story): fābella, narrātiuncula
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