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 • (epṓnumos) 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 epṓnumos	ἐπώνῠμον epṓnumon		ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnúmō	ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnúmō		ἐπώνῠμοι epṓnumoi	ἐπώνῠμᾰ epṓnuma
Genitive		ἐπωνῠ́μου epōnúmou	ἐπωνῠ́μου epōnúmou		ἐπωνῠ́μοιν epōnúmoin	ἐπωνῠ́μοιν epōnúmoin		ἐπωνῠ́μων epōnúmōn	ἐπωνῠ́μων epōnúmōn
Dative		ἐπωνῠ́μῳ epōnúmōi	ἐπωνῠ́μῳ epōnúmōi		ἐπωνῠ́μοιν epōnúmoin	ἐπωνῠ́μοιν epōnúmoin		ἐπωνῠ́μοις epōnúmois	ἐπωνῠ́μοις epōnúmois
Accusative		ἐπώνῠμον epṓnumon	ἐπώνῠμον epṓnumon		ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnúmō	ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnúmō		ἐπωνῠ́μους epōnúmous	ἐπώνῠμᾰ epṓnuma
Vocative		ἐπώνῠμε epṓnume	ἐπώνῠμον epṓnumon		ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnúmō	ἐπωνῠ́μω epōnúmō		ἐπώνῠμοι epṓnumoi	ἐπώνῠμᾰ epṓnuma
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐπωνῠ́μως epōnúmōs			ἐπωνῠμώτερος epōnumṓteros			ἐπωνῠμώτᾰτος epōnumṓtatos
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.