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ἐπωνυμία

ἐπωνυμία, name, title; derived, significant name, nickname

ἐπωνῠμ-ία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (ἐπώνυμος)
  • derived or significant name, as Ἔπαφος, A. Supp. 45 (lyr.); Πολυνείκης, Id. Th. 829 (lyr.); ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι ἀπό or ἐπί τινος, Hdt. 2.42, 1.94; ὅθεν ἔθεντο τὰς ἐ. Id. 4.45; ἔχειν ἐ. ἐπί τινος ibid.; καλεῖσθαι ἐ. ἐπί τινος Id. 1.14; κατὰ τὴν ἐ. τινὸς κληθῆναι Id. 1.173; ἐ. ἔχειν or σχεῖν τινός, Id. 4.15, Pl. Criti. 114a; ἐ. ἀπό τινος ἔχειν, ἐγκαταλιπεῖν, λαβεῖν, Hdt. 7.121, Th. 2.102, Pl. Phdr. 238c; τῆς θεοῦ ἐπωνυμίας ἄξιος the name derived from her, Id. Lg. 626d; τὴν τῇδε ἐ. αὐτοῦ its namesake here, Id. Phdr. 250e; ἐ. ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν παρέχεσθαι Th. 1.3; but ἐ. σχεῖν χώρας to have the naming of it, i.e. have it named after one, ib. 9; ἐ. τινὶ Μαργίτην τίθεσθαι as a nickname, Aeschin. 3.160; προσείληφε τὴν ἐ...συκοφάντης Id. 2.99; ἔχουσα τὴν ἐ. τὴν τοῦ ὃ ἔστιν Pl. Phd. 92d: folld. by inf., ἐ. ἔχει σμικρός τε καὶ μέγας εἶναι he has the name of being, ib. 102c; ἀποβαλεῖν τὴν ἐ. τὸ .. καλὸς κἀγαθὸς κεκλῆσθαι X. Oec. 12.2; ἐ. ἔχοντος Θασίου εἶναι Hdt. 2.44: acc. as Adv., Ὀλυμπίῳ ἐπωνυμίην θύειν by surname, ibid.; ἀπὸ τῆς κυψέλης ἐ. Κύψελος οὔνομα ἐτέθη Id. 5.92.εʹ
      • 2 generally, name, title, θεῶν -ίαι Id. 2.4, cf. Pl. R. 394a, PHal. 1.251 (iii B.C.), etc.; συγγραμμάτων Sor. Vit.Hippocr. 13.

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