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ἐπώνυμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπώνυμος ἐπώνυμος ἐπώνυμον

Structure: ἐπωνυμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/numa, aeolic for o)/noma

Sense

  1. named in a significant manner, with a significant name
  2. surnamed
  3. concerning giving one's name to something
  4. (neuter substantive) surname

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἐπώνυμος ἐπώνυμον
Genitive ἐπωνύμου ἐπωνύμου
Dative ἐπωνύμῳ ἐπωνύμῳ
Accusative ἐπώνυμον ἐπώνυμον
Vocative ἐπώνυμε ἐπώνυμον
DualN/A/V ἐπωνύμω ἐπωνύμω
G/D ἐπωνύμοιν ἐπωνύμοιν
PluralNominative ἐπώνυμοι ἐπώνυμα
Genitive ἐπωνύμων ἐπωνύμων
Dative ἐπωνύμοις ἐπωνύμοις
Accusative ἐπωνύμους ἐπώνυμα
Vocative ἐπώνυμοι ἐπώνυμα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἐπώνυμος ἐπωνύμου ἐπωνυμότερος ἐπωνυμοτέρου ἐπωνυμότατος ἐπωνυμοτάτου
Adverb ἐπωνύμως ἐπωνυμότερον ἐπωνυμότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • λεπτότεροσ γὰρ καὶ γλυκύτεροσ Στράβων δ’ ἐν γ’ Γεωγραφικῶν πρὸσ ταῖσ ̔ Ἡρακλέουσ φησὶ νήσοισ κατὰ Καρχηδόνα τὴν καινὴν πόλιν εἶναι Σεξιτανίαν, ἐξ ἧσ καὶ τὰ ταρίχη ἐπωνύμωσ λέγεσθαι, καὶ ἄλλην Σκομβροαρίαν ἀπὸ τῶν ἁλισκομένων σκόμβρων, ἐξ ὧν τὸ ἄριστον σκευάζεσθαι γάρον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 92 2:4)
  • ἐφεξῆσ δ’ ἐστὶν ἡ τῶν Ἐξιτανῶν πόλισ, ἐξ ἧσ καὶ τὰ ταρίχη ἐπωνύμωσ λέγεται. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 4 4:7)

Synonyms

  1. surnamed

  2. concerning giving one's name to something

  3. surname

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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