adespota

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin adespota (“anonymous literary works”), substantivised neuter plural of the adjective adespotos (“anonymous; undedicated”, of books), from Ancient Greek ἀδέσποτος (adéspotos, “anonymous”, of rumours or writings), from ἀ- (a-, “without”, alpha privative) + δεσπότης (despótēs, “master”). Compare despot. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈdɛspətə/ === Noun === adespota pl (plural only) (bibliography) Literary works not attributed to (or claimed by) an author. (Originally used as a title of collections of anonymous Greek poetry.) For quotations using this term, see Citations:adespota. ==== Translations ==== === References === “Adespota” on page 6/3 of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography (eds. William Alexander Craigie and Charles Talbut Onions, 1st ed., 1933) == Latin == === Etymology 1 === Substantivisation of the neuter plural of adespotos in elliptical use for scrīpta adespota (“anonymous texts”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈdɛs.pɔ.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈdɛs.po.ta] ==== Noun ==== adespota n pl (genitive adespotōrum); second declension (New Latin) anonymous literary works, adespota ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type), plural only. ===== Descendants ===== English: adespota === Etymology 2 === Regularly declined forms of adespotos and adespotus. ==== Pronunciation ==== adespota: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈdɛs.pɔ.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈdɛs.po.ta] adespotā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈdɛs.pɔ.taː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈdɛs.po.ta] ==== Adjective ==== adespota inflection of adespotos and adespotus: feminine nominative/vocative singular neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural ==== Adjective ==== adespotā ablative feminine singular of adespotos and adespotus