anomalos

See also: anómalos

Latin

Alternative forms

• anōmalus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνώμᾰλος (anṓmalos, “uneven”, “irregular”; in grammar, of words “which deviate from a general rule”, “anomalous”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈnoː.ma.los/, [äˈnoːmäɫ̪ɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈno.ma.los/, [äˈnɔːmälos]

Adjective

anōmalos (feminine anōmala, neuter anōmalon); first/second-declension adjective (Greek-type)

1. (grammar) deviating from the general rule, irregular, anomalous, abnormal, exceptional
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:anomalos.

Declension

New Latin declension:
First/second-declension adjective (Greek-type).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	anōmalos	anōmala	anōmalon		anōmalī	anōmalae	anōmala
Genitive	anōmalī	anōmalae	anōmalī		anōmalōrum	anōmalārum	anōmalōrum
Dative	anōmalō		anōmalō		anōmalīs
Accusative	anōmalon	anōmalān	anōmalon		anōmalōs	anōmalās	anōmala
Ablative	anōmalō	anōmalā	anōmalō		anōmalīs
Vocative	anōmale	anōmala	anōmalon		anōmalī	anōmalae	anōmala

Derived terms

• anōmalē
• anōrmalus

Related terms

• anōmalia

Descendants

• Catalan: anòmal
• French: anomal
• Galician: anómalo
• German: anomal, anomalisch
• Italian: anomalo
• Portuguese: anómalo
• Spanish: anómalo

References

• “ănōmălŏs (-us), a, on (um)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ănōmălus, a, um, et ănōmălos, on in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “130/3”
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “anomalus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 46/2