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παρώνυμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παρώνυμος

Structure: παρωνυμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)/noma

Sense

  1. formed by a slight change, derivative

Examples

  • ταῦθ’ ἱκανὰ ὡσ συνυφίστασθαι ἀνάγκη, τὸ μὲν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ παρωνύμωσ; (Plutarch, De fato, section 7 13:2)
  • ὁ γὰρ θρασὺσ παρὰ τὸ θράσοσ λέγεται παρωνύμωσ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 7:1)
  • τῶν δὲ παρ’ Ἕλλησι παλαιῶν μυθολόγων τινὲσ τὸν Ὄσιριν Διόνυσον προσονομάζουσι καὶ Σείριον παρωνύμωσ· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 11 3:1)
  • καὶ τὸ "οἳ Κυπάρισσον ἔχον" δέχονται διττῶσ, οἱ μὲν ὁμωνύμωσ τῷ φυτῷ οἱ δὲ παρωνύμωσ κώμην ὑπὸ τῇ Λυκωρείᾳ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 9, chapter 3 20:10)

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