pseudonymus

Latin

Alternative forms

• pseudōnymos

Etymology

Etymology tree

Pre-Greekder.?

Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Proto-Hellenic *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs)

Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)

Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥

Proto-Hellenic *ónomə

Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă)

Ancient Greek ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *-os

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos)bor.

Latin pseudōnymus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ψευδώνυμος (pseudṓnumos). By surface analysis, pseudo- + -ōnymos.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pseu̯ˈdɔː.ni.mus]

Adjective

pseudōnymus (feminine pseudōnyma, neuter pseudōnymum); first/second-declension adjective

1. pseudonymous
   • 1850, Archiv für Philologie und Pädagogik, page 182:

     illum Nicophemum apud Aeschinem in Tim. §. 109 aut pseudonymum esse aut librariorum culpa corruptum

     that Nicophemus mentioned in Aeschines' Against Timarchus, § 109, is either pseudonymous or corrupted by the error of copyists

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	pseudōnymus	pseudōnyma	pseudōnymum		pseudōnymī	pseudōnymae	pseudōnyma
genitive	pseudōnymī	pseudōnymae	pseudōnymī		pseudōnymōrum	pseudōnymārum	pseudōnymōrum
dative	pseudōnymō	pseudōnymae	pseudōnymō		pseudōnymīs
accusative	pseudōnymum	pseudōnymam	pseudōnymum		pseudōnymōs	pseudōnymās	pseudōnyma
ablative	pseudōnymō	pseudōnymā	pseudōnymō		pseudōnymīs
vocative	pseudōnyme	pseudōnyma	pseudōnymum		pseudōnymī	pseudōnymae	pseudōnyma

Derived terms

• pseudōnymia f (“pseudonymy, pseudonymity, pseudonymousness”, noun)
• pseudōnymum n (“pseudonym”, noun)

Descendants

• → Catalan: pseudònim (adjective)
• ⇒ English: pseudonymous (adjective)
• → French: pseudonyme (adjective)
  • → Danish: pseudonym (adjective)
  • → English: pseudonym (adjective) (obsolete)
  • → German: pseudonym (adjective)
• → Italian: pseudonimo (adjective)
• → Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: pseudônimo (adjective)

  European Portuguese: pseudónimo (adjective)

• → Spanish: pseudónimo / seudónimo (adjective)