Definitions For Adespota

Noun

{{en-plural-noun}} (bibliography) literary, Literary works not attribute, attributed to (or claim, claimed by) an author. {{qualifier, Originally used as a title of collections of anonymous Greek poetry.}}

Translations

Latin: adespota, n-p {{qualifier, New Latin}}

Etymology

From the {{etyl, NL., en}} adespota, , anonymous literary works, substantivised neuter plural of the adjective adespotos, , anonymous {{non-gloss definition, or undedicated, pos={{non-gloss definition, of books}}}}, from the (Ancient Greek)  ἀδέσποτος, , anonymous, pos={{non-gloss definition, of rumours or writings}}, from {{prefix, grc, ἀ, δεσπότης, t1=without, pos1=alpha privative, t2=master, nocat=1}}. Compare despot.