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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

Examples

  • λέγει δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ ἔμπειρον εἶναι ἱερουργιῶν τῶν νομισθεισῶν ὑπό τε τοῦ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἐπωνύμου Ῥωμύλου καὶ Πομπιλίου Νουμᾶ καὶ ἐπιστήμονα νόμων πολιτικῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 4 1:3)
  • ἐπεὶ καὶ τόδε λέγει Μεγασθένησ ὑπὲρ ποταμοῦ Ἰνδικοῦ, Σίλαν μὲν εἶναί οἱ οὔνομα, ῥέειν δὲ ἀπὸ κρήνησ ἐπωνύμου τοῦ ποταμοῦ διὰ τῆσ χώρησ τῆσ Σιλέων, καὶ τούτων ἐπωνύμων τοῦ ποταμοῦ τε καὶ τῆσ κρήνησ, τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ παρέχεσθαι τοιόνδε. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 6 2:1)
  • 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)
  • κἀκεῖνοι βωμοὺσ ἱδρυσάμενοι δύο τὸν μὲν Ἥρασ, ἣ λέλογχεν ἐπισκοπεῖν ἀδελφάσ, τὸν δ’ ἕτερον ἐπιχωρίου θεοῦ τινοσ ἢ δαίμονοσ Ιἀνοῦ λεγομένου κατὰ τὴν ἐπιχώριον γλῶτταν, ἐπωνύμου δὲ Κορατίων τῶν ἀναιρεθέντων ἀνεψιῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀνδρόσ, καὶ θυσίασ τινὰσ ἐπ’ αὐτοῖσ ποιήσαντεσ τοῖσ τε ἄλλοισ καθαρμοῖσ ἐχρήσαντο καὶ τελευτῶντεσ ὑπήγαγον τὸν Ὁράτιον ὑπὸ ζυγόν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 3, chapter 22 9:1)
  • "σκοπεῖτε δὲ δή, μὴ πιθανώτερον λέγεται τὸ παραμύθιον τοῦ ἐπωνύμου τῆσ φυλῆσ καὶ παραίτησιν εἶναι τὸ γιγνόμενον· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 14:3)

Synonyms

  1. surnamed

  2. concerning giving one's name to something

  3. surname

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