ἐπονομάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>60d</span> ; ᾧ τὸ ἔστιν ἐπονομάζεις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>185c</span> ; πᾶσι ταὐτὸν ἐ. ὄνομα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>263c</span> (reversely, <b class="b3">τίς Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον ἐπονομάζει καθάπερ Πλάτωνι</b>; who [[dedicates]] his life to A., [[calls]] himself an Alexandrist? <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>31.354b</span>):—Pass., <b class="b3">τῇ ἀρχῇ ὕβρις ἐπωνομάσθη</b> [[the name]] insolence [[was given to]] this rule, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>238a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cra.</span>404b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[call by]] a name, <b class="b3">ἀπὸ τοῦ θεῖν θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐπονομάσαι [φαίνονται]</b> ib.<span class="bibl">397d</span> ; <b class="b3">τὰς Μούσας ἀπὸ τοῦ μῶσθαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἐ</b>. [[called]] the Muses [[by]] this name (viz. Muses), ib.<span class="bibl">406a</span> ; ἐ. αὐτὰ τῇ ἐκείνων ἐπωνυμίᾳ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>103b</span> ; with [[εἶναι]] pleon., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prm.</span>133d</span>:—Pass., to [[be named]], <b class="b3">ἀπό τινος</b> after one, <span class="bibl">Th.6.2</span>, etc. ; also τινος, to [[be named]] the temple <b class="b2">of.</b>., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1329</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>738b</span> (but in <span class="bibl">626d</span> the gen. depends on [[ἄξιος]]) ; πατρόθεν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ly.</span>204e</span> ; <b class="b3">πατρὸς.. δαῖτ' ἐπωνομασμένην</b>, i.e. [[called after]] Agamemnon (cf. [[ἐπώνυμος]]), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>284</span> ; esp. to [[be surnamed]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.29</span> ; Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>2.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[name]], [[call]] so and so, ἀφνειὸν ἐ. τὸ χωρίον <span class="bibl">Th.1.13</span> ; σοφιστὴν ἐ. σεαυτόν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>349a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phd.</span>113b</span>, al. ; παρακαταθήκην ἐ. <span class="bibl">D. 28.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[pronounce]] a name, ἐ. τὰ οὐνόματα ἐν τῷ ὕμνῳ <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.35</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.117</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐπονομάζων τινά</b> [[uttering]] his [[name]] as he throws the cottabus, <span class="bibl">Cratin.273</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Clearch.Com.1</span>.</span>