ANAMORPHOSIS (a Gr. word, derived from

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• AVA

ava, back, and µopc/)ri,

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• FORM (Lat. forma)

form: the second o in the

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• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek is

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• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, but in

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• ENGLISH

English the

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• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation varies)  , a deformation or distortion of appearance; in drawing, the representation of an object as seen, for instance, altered by reflexion in a mirror; in botany, e.g. in the case of fungi or lichens, an abnormal change giving the appearance of a different species . 'ANAN BEN DAVID, a Persian Jew of the 8th century, and founder within Judaism of the sect of Qaraites (Karaites) which set itself in opposition to the rabbinic tradition . 'Arian was an unsuccessful candidate for the dignity of Exilarch, and thus hisopposition to the rabbanite Jews was political as well as theological . His secession occurred at a moment when the time was ripe for a reaction against rabbinism, and `Anan became the rallying point for many opponents of tradition .