ἐπονομάζω

English (LSJ)

   A apply a word (accus.) as a name to a thing (dat.), ᾧ γένει κέραμον ἐπωνομάκαμεν to which sort we have given the name pottery, Pl.Ti.60d ; ᾧ τὸ ἔστιν ἐπονομάζεις Id.Tht.185c ; πᾶσι ταὐτὸν ἐ. ὄνομα Id.Plt.263c (reversely, τίς Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον ἐπονομάζει καθάπερ Πλάτωνι; who dedicates his life to A., calls himself an Alexandrist? Them.Or.31.354b):—Pass., τῇ ἀρχῇ ὕβρις ἐπωνομάσθη the name insolence was given to this rule, Pl.Phdr.238a, cf. Cra.404b.    2 call by a name, ἀπὸ τοῦ θεῖν θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐπονομάσαι [φαίνονται] ib.397d ; τὰς Μούσας ἀπὸ τοῦ μῶσθαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἐ. called the Muses by this name (viz. Muses), ib.406a ; ἐ. αὐτὰ τῇ ἐκείνων ἐπωνυμίᾳ Id.Phd.103b ; with εἶναι pleon., Id.Prm.133d:—Pass., to be named, ἀπό τινος after one, Th.6.2, etc. ; also τινος, to be named the temple of.., E.HF1329, Pl.Lg.738b (but in 626d the gen. depends on ἄξιος) ; πατρόθεν ἐ. Id.Ly.204e ; πατρὸς.. δαῖτ' ἐπωνομασμένην, i.e. called after Agamemnon (cf. ἐπώνυμος), S.El.284 ; esp. to be surnamed, Th.2.29 ; Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ Ep.Rom.2.17.    3 generally, name, call so and so, ἀφνειὸν ἐ. τὸ χωρίον Th.1.13 ; σοφιστὴν ἐ. σεαυτόν Pl.Prt.349a, cf. Phd.113b, al. ; παρακαταθήκην ἐ. D. 28.15.    4 pronounce a name, ἐ. τὰ οὐνόματα ἐν τῷ ὕμνῳ Hdt.4.35, cf. 7.117 ; ἐπονομάζων τινά uttering his name as he throws the cottabus, Cratin.273, cf. Clearch.Com.1.