ἐπονομ-άζω,
apply a word (
accusative)
as a name to a thing (
dative), ᾧ γένει κέραμον ἐπωνομάκαμεν to which sort we
have given the name pottery, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; who
dedicates his life to [
Refs 4th c.BC+],
calls himself an Alexandrist? [
Refs 4th c.AD+] —
passive, τῇ ἀρχῇ ὕβρις ἐπωνομάσθη
the name insolence
was given to this rule, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2)
call by a name, ἀπὸ τοῦ θεῖν θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐπονομάσαι [φαίνονται] [
Refs]; τὰς Μούσας ἀπὸ τοῦ μῶσθαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἐ.
called the Muses
by this name (viz. Muses),[
Refs]; with εἶναι
pleonastic, [
Refs]:—
passive,
to be named, ἀπό τινος after one, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τινος,
to be named the temple
of, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πατρόθεν ἐ. [
Refs]; πατρὸς. δαῖτ᾽ ἐπωνομασμένην, i.e.
called after Agamemnon (compare ἐπώνυμος), [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially
to be surnamed, [
NT+5th c.BC+]
3) generally,
name, call so and so, ἀφνειὸν ἐ. τὸ χωρίον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4)
pronounce a name, ἐ. τὰ οὐνόματα ἐν τῷ ὕμνῳ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπονομάζων τινά
uttering his
name as he throws the cottabus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]