Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὄνομα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄνομα ὀνόματος

Structure: ὀνοματ (Stem)

Sense

  1. name
  2. fame (compare English make a name for oneself)
  3. (grammar) noun (i.e. substantive or adjective)
  4. (grammar) phrase

Declension

Third declension

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

  • καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀδὰμ ὀνόματα πᾶσι τοῖσ κτήνεσι καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τοῦ ἀγροῦ. τῷ δὲ Ἀδὰμ οὐχ εὑρέθη βοηθὸσ ὅμοιοσ αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:20)
  • καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσμαὴλ κατ̓ ὀνόματα τῶν γενεῶν αὐτοῦ. πρωτότοκοσ Ἰσμαὴλ Ναβαιώθ, καὶ Κηδὰρ καὶ Ναβδεὴλ καὶ Μασσὰμ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 25:13)
  • οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσμαὴλ καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν ἐν ταῖσ σκηναῖσ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν ταῖσ ἐπαύλεσιν αὐτῶν. δώδεκα ἄρχοντεσ κατὰ ἔθνη αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 25:16)
  • καὶ πάλιν Ἰσαὰκ ὤρυξε τὰ φρέατα τοῦ ὕδατοσ, ἃ ὤρυξαν οἱ παῖδεσ Ἁβραὰμ τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐνέφραξαν αὐτὰ οἱ Φυλιστιεὶμ μετὰ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν Ἁβραὰμ τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπωνόμασεν αὐτοῖσ ὀνόματα κατὰ τὰ ὀνόματα, ἃ ὠνόμασεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 26:18)

Synonyms

  1. name

  2. fame

  3. phrase

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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