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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

  • υ καὶ ὑμεῖσ οὖν ἐν ταῖσ ἐπωνύμοισ ὑμῶν ἑορταῖσ ἐπίσημον ἡμέραν μετὰ πάσησ εὐωχίασ ἄγεται, ὅπωσ καὶ νῦν καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα σωτηρία ᾖ ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖσ εὐνοοῦσι Πέρσαισ, τοῖσ δὲ ἡμῖν ἐπιβουλεύουσι μνημόσυνον τῆσ ἀπωλείασ. (Septuagint, Liber Esther 8:32)
  • χρῶνται δὲ τοῖσ ἐπωνύμοισ καὶ πρὸσ τὰσ στρατείασ, καὶ ὅταν ἡλικίαν ἐκπέμπωσι, προγράφουσιν, ἀπὸ τίνοσ ἄρχοντοσ καὶ ἐπωνύμου μέχρι τίνων δεῖ στρατεύεσθαι. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 53 7:2)
  • Μανίου δὲ Τυλλίου θατέρου τῶν ὑπάτων ἐν τοῖσ ἱεροῖσ καὶ ἐπωνύμοισ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἀγῶσι κατὰ τὴν πομπὴν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ πεσόντοσ ἁρ́ματοσ κατ’ αὐτὸν τὸν ἱππόδρομον, καὶ τρίτῃ μετὰ τὴν πομπὴν ταύτην ἡμέρᾳ τελευτήσαντοσ, τὸν λειπόμενον χρόνον βραχὺν ὄντα τὴν ἀρχὴν μόνοσ ὁ Σολπίκιοσ κατέσχεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books IV-VI, book 5, chapter 57 9:3)
  • Ἐρεχθεύσ τέ ἐστιν ἐν τοῖσ ἐπωνύμοισ, ὃσ ἐνίκησεν Ἐλευσινίουσ μάχῃ καὶ τὸν ἡγούμενον ἀπέκτεινεν Ἰμμάραδον τὸν Εὐμόλπου· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 5 4:3)
  • Κέκροπα δὲ καὶ Πανδίονα ‐ εἶδον γὰρ καὶ τούτων ἐν τοῖσ ἐπωνύμοισ εἰκόνασ ‐ οὐκ οἶδα οὓσ ἄγουσιν ἐν τιμῇ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 5 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. surnamed

  2. concerning giving one's name to something

  3. surname

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