ὄνομα

See also όνομα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὄνυμα (Aeolic, Doric)
• οὔνομα (Ionic, Poetic)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /ónoma/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ónoma/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ónoma/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ónoma/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ónoma/

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nh₃mn̥ (“name”), *h₁nḗh₃mn̥. Cognate with Phrygian ονομαν (onoman), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), Latin nōmen, Old Armenian անուն (anun), Old Irish ainm, Old Church Slavonic имѧ (imę) and Old English nama (English name).

Noun

ὄνομα (genitive ὀνόματος) n, third declension; (onoma)

1. name
2. fame (compare English make a name for oneself)
3. (grammar) noun
4. (grammar) phrase

Inflection

Third declension of ὄνομᾰ, ὀνόμᾰτος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὄνομᾰ	ὀνόμᾰτε	ὀνόμᾰτᾰ
Genitive	ὀνόμᾰτος	ὀνομάτοιν	ὀνομάτων
Dative	ὀνόμᾰτῐ	ὀνομάτοιν	ὀνόμᾰσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ὄνομᾰ	ὀνόμᾰτε	ὀνόμᾰτᾰ
Vocative	ὄνομᾰ	ὀνόμᾰτε	ὀνόμᾰτᾰ

Derived terms

• ὀνομάζω

Descendants

• Greek: όνομα

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G3686