Etymology

Homologoumena

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Today it means: The books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church, as opposed to Antilegomena. Full definition →

New Latin homologūmena ← Ancient Greek ὁμολογούμενα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὁμολογούμενα
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromhomologūmena
  3. English todayHomologoumena

From New Latin homologūmena, from Ancient Greek ὁμολογούμενα (homologoúmena, literally “things agreed upon”), neuter plural form of the present mediopassive participle of ὁμολογέω (homologéō, “to agree with”).

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