adespota

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Literary works not attributed to (or claimed by) an author. (Originally used as a title of collections of anonymous Greek poetry.) plural,plural-only
    — For quotations using this term, see Citations:adespota.

词源

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.
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