ὀνομάζω,
imperfect ὠνόμαζον [
Refs 4th c.BC+], etc;
Epic dialect ὀν- [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
future ὀνομάσω [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
aorist ὠνόμασα [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
perfect ὠνόμακα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive,
future -ασθήσομαι[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
aorist ὠνομάσθην and
perfect ὠνόμασμαι, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Epic dialect ὀνόμασται [
Refs 4th c.BC+];
3rd.pers. plural ὠνομάδαται [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—
middle,
imperfect ὠνομάζετο [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
Aeolic dialect or _Doric dialect_
future 3rd.pers. singular ὀνυμάξει (or -εῖ) [
Refs]:
aorist ὀνύμαξε [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
middle future ὀνυμάξομαι[
Refs]:
present ὀνυμάζεται[
Refs 5th c.AD+]: (ὄνομα):—
speak of by name, call or
address by name, of persons, πατρόθεν ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζων ἄνδρα ἕκαστον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; Πυθοδώρου, ὃν Ἀθηναῖοι οὐκ ὀνομάζουσιν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς προγόνοις -αζομένοις ἀπομνημονεύεται ὁπόστος ἀφ᾽ Ἡρακλέους ἐγένετο his descent. is traced by
naming his ancestors, [
Refs]
2) of things,
name, specify, περικλυτὰ δῶρ᾽ ὀνόμαζον [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; but also,
name or
promise, opposed to giving, εἰ μὲν. μὴ δῶρα φέροι, τὰ δ᾽ ὄπισθ᾽ ὀνομάζοι [
Refs]; εἶναί τι ὀνομάζειν
use the term 'being', [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
dedicate, τράπεζαν τῷ δαίμονι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:—
passive, λόγοισι. ὠνόμασται βραχέσι
have been expressed, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) ὀ. τινά τι
call one something, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄνομα τί σε. ὠνόμαζεν λεώ; [
Refs] —rarely in
middle, παῖδά μ᾽ ὠνομάζετο
called me
his son, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive, ὄνομα δ᾽ ὠνομάζετο Ἕλενος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.b)
nominate, ὀνομασθεὶς εἰς δεκαπρωτείαν [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II.2) εἶναι is frequently added
pleonastic, τὰς ὀνομάζουσι εἶναι Ὑπερόχην καὶ. whose
names they say are Hyperoche and, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
name or
call with reference to, in accordance with, or after, τινὰ or τι ἐπί τινι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
passive, ἐπί τινος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV)
utter names or
words, ἐς τρὶς ὀνομάσαι Σόλων [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —
passive, φύσις ἐπὶ τοῖς ὀνομάζεται ἀνθρώποισι
the name φύσις
is given by men to those things, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρανομίαν ἐπὶ τοῖς μὴ ἀνάγκῃ κακοῖς ὀνομασθῆναι
the name of transgression
is applied, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τούτου τοῦτο ὀνομάζεται (i.e. οὐ φροντὶς Ἱπποκλείδῃ) hence this
saying is used, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
V)
make famous, in
passive, οἱ ὠνομασμένοι persons
of renown, variant for{διωνομασμένοι} in [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —Cf. ὀνομαίνω.