ἐπωνυμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐπώνυμος (epṓnumos) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pɔː.ny.mí.aː/ → /e.po.nyˈmi.a/ → /e.po.niˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pɔː.ny.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.po.nyˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.po.nyˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.po.nyˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.po.niˈmi.a/

Noun

ἐπωνῠμίᾱ • (epōnŭmíā) f (genitive ἐπωνῠμίᾱς); first declension

1. derived name, eponym
2. significant name
3. nickname
4. surname

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἐπωνῠμίᾱ; τῆς ἐπωνῠμίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπωνῠμίᾱ hē epōnŭmíā	τὼ ἐπωνῠμίᾱ tṑ epōnŭmíā	αἱ ἐπωνῠμίαι hai epōnŭmíai
Genitive	τῆς ἐπωνῠμίᾱς tês epōnŭmíās	τοῖν ἐπωνῠμίαιν toîn epōnŭmíain	τῶν ἐπωνῠμιῶν tôn epōnŭmiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπωνῠμίᾳ têi epōnŭmíāi	τοῖν ἐπωνῠμίαιν toîn epōnŭmíain	ταῖς ἐπωνῠμίαις taîs epōnŭmíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐπωνῠμίᾱν tḕn epōnŭmíān	τὼ ἐπωνῠμίᾱ tṑ epōnŭmíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐπωνῠμίᾱς tā̀s epōnŭmíās
Vocative	ἐπωνῠμίᾱ epōnŭmíā	ἐπωνῠμίᾱ epōnŭmíā	ἐπωνῠμίαι epōnŭmíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: επωνυμία (eponymía)

Further reading

• ἐπωνυμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐπωνυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • nickname idem, page 558.
  • surname idem, page 844.