Etymology

Epinomis

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Today it means: A dialogue ascribed variously to Plato, his disciple–editor Philip of Opus, and to an unknown forger, and which forms an appendical thirteenth book to the former’s Laws. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Ἐπῐνομῐ́ς
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἘπῐνομῐ́ς
  2. English todayEpinomis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπῐνομῐ́ς (Epĭnomĭ́s), from ἐπῐνομῐ́ς (epĭnomĭ́s, “an addition to a law”, “an appendix”).

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