ἐπώνυμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπί (epí, “upon”) +‎ ὄνυμα (ónuma) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pɔ̌ː.ny.mos/ → /eˈpo.ny.mos/ → /eˈpo.ni.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pɔ̌ː.ny.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈpo.ny.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpo.ny.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpo.ny.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpo.ni.mos/

Adjective

ἐπώνῠμος • (epṓnŭmos) m or f (neuter ἐπώνῠμον); second declension

1. named in a significant manner, with a significant name
2. surnamed
3. concerning giving one's name to something

Declension

Second declension of ἐπώνῠμος; ἐπώνῠμον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπώνῠμος epṓnŭmos		ἐπώνῠμον epṓnŭmon		ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnŭ́mō		ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnŭ́mō		ἐπώνῠμοι epṓnŭmoi		ἐπώνῠμᾰ epṓnŭmă
Genitive		ἐπωνῠ́μου epōnŭ́mou		ἐπωνῠ́μου epōnŭ́mou		ἐπωνῠ́μοιν epōnŭ́moin		ἐπωνῠ́μοιν epōnŭ́moin		ἐπωνῠ́μων epōnŭ́mōn		ἐπωνῠ́μων epōnŭ́mōn
Dative		ἐπωνῠ́μῳ epōnŭ́mōi		ἐπωνῠ́μῳ epōnŭ́mōi		ἐπωνῠ́μοιν epōnŭ́moin		ἐπωνῠ́μοιν epōnŭ́moin		ἐπωνῠ́μοις epōnŭ́mois		ἐπωνῠ́μοις epōnŭ́mois
Accusative		ἐπώνῠμον epṓnŭmon		ἐπώνῠμον epṓnŭmon		ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnŭ́mō		ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnŭ́mō		ἐπωνῠ́μους epōnŭ́mous		ἐπώνῠμᾰ epṓnŭmă
Vocative		ἐπώνῠμε epṓnŭme		ἐπώνῠμον epṓnŭmon		ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnŭ́mō		ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnŭ́mō		ἐπώνῠμοι epṓnŭmoi		ἐπώνῠμᾰ epṓnŭmă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐπωνῠ́μως epōnŭ́mōs				ἐπωνῠμώτερος epōnŭmṓteros				ἐπωνῠμώτᾰτος epōnŭmṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐπωνυμίᾱ (epōnumíā)

Descendants

• Greek: επώνυμος (epónymos)
• Latin: eponymus
  • English: eponym
  • → French: éponyme (learned)
    • English: eponyme

Further reading

• “ἐπώνυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπώνυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐπώνυμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἐπώνυμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐπώνυμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ἐπώνυμος”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • call idem, page 108.
  • name idem, page 550.