ἐπωνυμία — Middle Liddell

ἐπωνυμία ἐπωνῠμία, ἡ, from ἐπώνυμος a surname, name given after some person or thing, Lat. cognomen, as Polynices, (from πολύς, νεῖκος), Aesch.; ἐπ. ποιεῖσθαι, θέσθαι to take a surname, Hdt.; καλεῖσθαι ἐπωνυμίην ἐπί τινος after some one, Hdt.; ἔχειν ἐπ. ἀπό τινος Hdt., Thuc.; ἐπ. σχεῖν χώρας to have the naming of it, i. e. have it named after one, Thuc.; with inf. added, ἐπ. ἔχει εἶναί τι he has a name for being, may be said to be, Plat. generally, a name, Hdt.

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name, title; derived, significant name, nickname

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ἐπωνυμία

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ἐπωνυμία

Headword (normalized/stripped):

επωνυμια

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13047

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n13051

Key:

e)pwnumi/a

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