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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[apply]] a word (accus.) [[as a name]] to a thing (dat.), <b class="b3">ᾧ γένει κέραμον ἐπωνομάκαμεν</b> 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, <b class="b3">τίς Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον ἐπονομάζει καθάπερ Πλάτωνι</b>; who [[dedicates]] his life to A., [[calls]] himself an Alexandrist? Them.''Or.''31.354b):—Pass., <b class="b3">τῇ ἀρχῇ ὕβρις ἐπωνομάσθη</b> [[the name]] insolence [[was given to]] this rule, Pl.''Phdr.''238a, cf. ''Cra.''404b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[call by]] a name, <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τοῦ θεῖν θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐπονομάσαι [φαίνονται]</b> ib.397d; <b class="b3">τὰς Μούσας ἀπὸ τοῦ μῶσθαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἐ.</b> [[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]], <b class="b3">ἀπό τινος</b> after one, Th.6.2, etc.; also [[τινος]], to [[be named]] the temple of.., E.''HF''1329, Pl.''Lg.''738b (but in 626d the gen. depends on [[ἄξιος]]); πατρόθεν ἐ. Id.''Ly.''204e; <b class="b3">πατρὸς.. δαῖτ' ἐπωνομασμένην</b>, i.e. [[called after]] Agamemnon (cf. [[ἐπώνυμος]]), S.''El.''284; esp. to [[be surnamed]], Th.2.29; Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ ''Ep.Rom.''2.17.<br><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[name]], [[call]] so and so, ἀφνειὸν ἐ. τὸ χωρίον Th.1.13; σοφιστὴν ἐ. σεαυτόν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 349a, cf. ''Phd.''113b, al.; παρακαταθήκην ἐ. D. 28.15.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[pronounce]] a name, ἐ. τὰ οὐνόματα ἐν τῷ ὕμνῳ Hdt.4.35, cf. 7.117; <b class="b3">ἐπονομάζων τινά</b> [[uttering]] his [[name]] as he throws the cottabus, Cratin.273, cf. Clearch.Com.1.