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- noun Plural form of
hapax .
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Since the forms are abbreviated here and since these epithets appear to be hapaxes, one can only surmise the full forms.
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The oldest Greek has many hapaxes, names for forgotten farming instruments and sexual instruments that early scholars thought were more suitably translated as sea creatures.
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The oldest Greek has many hapaxes, names for forgotten farming instruments and sexual instruments that early scholars thought were more suitably translated as sea creatures.
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This analysis is more optimal since if we think of this as a game of cards, two attested words and a dis legomenon i.e. a word attested only twice beats two hapaxes any day.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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This analysis is more optimal since if we think of this as a game of cards, two attested words and a dis legomenon i.e. a word attested only twice beats two hapaxes any day.
Voodoo linguistics in Etruscology: the imaginary word 'naceme' 2007
hierophant commented on the word hapaxes
'hapax legomena'
March 31, 2008