ὁμώνυμος
homonymos
having the same name
Appears 126 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὁμώνυμος, ον, (ὁμός, ὄνομα : ὁμόνυμος is a misspelling in 34.5) A. having the same name, Il. 17.720, I. 7(6).24, etc. ; τινι with one, 2.68, R. 330b, etc. ; τὸν ὁ. ἐμαυτῷ my own namesake, 3.21, cf. 11.10. II. Subst., ὁ. τινός Fr. 105, 3.67, Sph. 218b, 234b ; ὁ σαυτοῦ ὁ. your namesake, Prt. 311b ; ὁ σὸς ὁ. Tht. 147d ; ἡ ὁ. αὐτῆς Im. 20. III. of like kind, πάντα τὰ ἐκείνοις ὁ. Phd. 78e, cf. Prm. 133d. IV. in the Logic of , τὰ ὁ. are things having the same name but different natures and definitions, things denoted by equivocal or ambiguous words, Cat.1a1, cf. EN 1096b27. Adv. -μως equivocally, ib.1129a30, de An. 412b14, al., cf. CP 1.22.1.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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