dis legomenon

noun

A word that occurs only twice in a given corpus.

OriginAncient Greek δὶς λεγόμενον →
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Meanings

noundis legomenon (plural dis legomena)

plural dis legomena

  1. human sciencesA 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

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekδὶς λεγόμενον“(something) said only twice”
  2. Englishdis legomenon

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).

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APA

dis legomenon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dis%20legomenon

MLA

“dis legomenon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dis%20legomenon. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dis legomenon,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dis%20legomenon.

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