paralipomena

[par-uh-li-pom-uh-nuh, -lahy-]

plural noun

1. things omitted or neglected that are added as a supplement.

paralipomena

/ ˌpærəlaɪˈpɒmənə /

plural noun

1. things added in a supplement to a work

2. Old Testament another name for the Books of Chronicles

Word History and Origins

Origin of paralipomena¹

1665–75; < Late Latin paralīpomena < Greek ( tà ) paraleipómena (things) omitted, not told (present participle passive of paraleípein ), equivalent to para- para- ¹ + leíp ( ein ) to leave behind + -omena neuter plural present participle mediopassive suffix

Word History and Origins

Origin of paralipomena¹

C14: via late Latin from Greek paraleipomena , from _para- ¹ (on one side) + leipein to leave

Example Sentences

It does not seem to have been commonly known till the middle of the 16th century, when John Caius sent a description and figure, with the name Gallus Mauritanus, to Gesner, who published both in his Paralipomena in 1555, and in the same year Belon also gave a notice and woodcut under the name of Poulle de la Guin�e; but while the former authors properly referred their bird to the ancient Meleagris, the latter confounded the Meleagris and the turkey.

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Martiis 1625,” suggests improvements in the Ad Vitellionem paralipomena, and gives the following construction: Draw a line CBADC, and let an ellipse, a parabola, and a hyperbola have B and A for focus and vertex.

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Paralipomena Jeremiae, or the Rest of the Words of Baruch.

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Paralipomena Jeremiae, or the Rest of the Words of Baruch.—

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The Greek was first printed at Venice in 1609, and next by Ceriani in 1868 under the title Paralipomena Jeremiae.

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