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dis legomenon en · NOUN

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δὶς λεγόμενον (dìs legómenon, “(something) said only twice”), from δίς (dís, “twice, doubly, again”) and λεγόμενον (legómenon), passive participle of λέγω (légō).

Meanings

  1. A word that occurs only twice in a given corpus.
    • Beyond [violenza's] dis legomenon (two appearances) in Inferno 11, and its hapax legomenon ... in Inferno 12 and 29, the word ... seems to have exhausted its impact[.] 2017 January, Ellie Emslie Stevens, “Eschatological Inversions in Isaiah and Dante: From Malicious to Redemptive Violence”, in Annali d'Italianistica:

Forms

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dis legomena Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

tetrakis legomenon · tris legomenon · hapax legomenon