aneponymous

English

Etymology

From Latin aneponymus under influence from eponymous, from an- (“un-: not, lacking”) + eponymus (“surnamed, distinguished by an epithet”). Equivalent to an- +‎ eponymous.

Adjective

aneponymous (not comparable)

1. Lacking a surname or epithet.

   William of Conches's Dragmaticon was initially published credited to the author "William Aneponymous", since the editor didn't know which of the many Guillaumes writing about philosophy at the time in France was responsible for the work.

   • 2010, Katerina Ierodiakonou et al., “Early Byzantine Philosophy”, in The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, volume II, page 862:

     It has been suggested that perhaps the author was the monk Gregory Aneponymous.

Usage notes

• Chiefly used as an epithet for epithetless people, after the model of Latin aneponymus.

Hyponyms

• surnameless

Translations

Translations

Latin: aneponymus