Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homologoumena

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ho-mol-o-goume-na
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church, as opposed to Antilegomena.

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: homologūmena, ὁμολογούμενα

Questions

What does homologoumena mean?: The books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church, as opposed to Antilegomena.
Where does homologoumena come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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