παρθενικό όνομα

Greek

Etymology

See παρθενικός (parthenikós, “virginal, maiden”) & όνομα n (ónoma, “name”)

Phrase

παρθενικό όνομα • (parthenikó ónoma)

1. (poetic) expression by Ioannis Gryparis, at his translation of the ancient phrase παρθένων ἐπώνυμον (parthénōn epṓnumon, “literally: of maidens he is given a name”), referring to Parthenopeus (Παρθενοπαῖος)
   • 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 536:

     ὁ δ’ ὠμόν, οὔτι παρθένων ἐπώνυμον,
     […] Παρθενοπαῖος Ἀρκάς: ὁ δὲ τοιόσδ’ ἀνὴρ

     ho d’ ōmón, oúti parthénōn epṓnumon,
     […] Parthenopaîos Arkás: ho dè toiósd’ anḕr

     But (now he makes his advance with ...) a terrifying look, not at all like the maidens he's named for.
     […] he is Parthenopaeus of Arcadia. Such is the man

     English translation (1926) by Herbert Weir Smyth @perseus.tufts.edu

     The Modern Greek translation by Gryparis @greek-language.gr

Usage notes

• Not be confused with a literal translation in Greek of the English maiden name as παρθένου (“virgin's”) όνομα (“name”) or παρθενικό (“virgin's; very first”) όνομα (“name”). The term is πατρικό όνομα (patrikó ónoma, “literally: father's name [surname]”)