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ὀνομάζω

onomazo

speak of by name, call

Appears 65 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀνομάζω, impf. ὠνόμαζον A. Ag. 682 (lyr.), etc. ; Ep. ὀν- Il. 1.361, al. : fut. ὀνομάσω Pl. Cra. 423d : aor. ὠνόμασα Od. 24.339, etc.: pf. ὠνόμακα Pl. Sph. 219b :—Pass., fut. -ασθήσομαι Gal. UP 6.16, al. : aor. ὠνομάσθην and pf. ὠνόμασμαι, Th. 1.96, 6.96, etc.; Ep. ὀνόμασται Parm. 9.1, etc. ; 3pl. ὠνομάδαται D.C. 37.16 :—Med., impf. ὠνομάζετο S. OT 1021.—Aeol. or Dor. fut. 3sg. ὀνυμάξει (or -εῖ) Berl.Sitzb. 1927.167 (Cyrene) : aor. ὀνύμαξε Pi. P. 2.44 ; Med. fut. ὀνυμάξομαι ib.7.5 : pres. ὀνυμάζεται Metop. ap. Stob. 3.1.116 : (ὄνομα) :—A. speak of by name, call or address by name, of persons, πατρόθεν ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζων ἄνδρα ἕκαστον Il. 10.68, cf. 22.415 and ὀνομακλήδην ; Πυθοδώρου . . , ὃν Ἀθηναῖοι οὐκ ὀνομάζουσιν X. HG 2.3.1 (interpol.); τοῖς προγόνοις -αζομένοις ἀπομνημονεύεται ὁπόστος ἀφʼ Ἡρακλέους ἐγένετο his descent . . is traced by naming his ancestors, Id. Ages. 1.2. 2. of things, name, specify, περικλυτὰ δῶρʼ ὀνόμαζον Il. 18.449 ; but also, name or promise, opp. giving, εἰ μὲν . . μὴ δῶρα φέροι, τὰ δʼ ὄπισθʼ ὀνομάζοι 9.515 ; εἶναί τι ὀνομάζειν use the term ‘being’, Pl. Tht. 160b, cf. 166c, 201d ; dedicate, τράπεζαν τῷ δαίμονι Theopomp.Hist. 121 :—Pass., λόγοισι . . ὠνόμασται βραχέσι have been expressed, S. OC 294. II. ὀ. τινά τι call one something, Pi. P. 2.44, A. Ag. 681 (lyr.), Hdt. 4.6, Th. 1.3, E. Hel. 1193 ; ὄνομα τί σε . . ὠνόμαζεν λεώς; Id. Heracl. 87 (lyr.) :—rarely in Med., παῖδά μʼ ὠνομάζετο called me his son, S. OT 1021 :—Pass., ὄνομα δʼ ὠνομάζετο Ἕλενος Id. Ph. 605 ; τὴν αὑτῆς ἐπωνυμίαν ὀνομαζόμενον Pl. Phdr. 238a ; ἀντὶ γὰρ φίλων καὶ ξένων, ἃ τότʼ ὠνομάζοντο D. 18.46. b. nominate, ὀνομασθεὶς εἰς δεκαπρωτείαν POxy. 1257.1, cf. 1204.4 (iii A.D.). 2. εἶναι is freq. added pleon., τὰς ὀνομάζουσι εἶναι Ὑπερόχην καὶ . . whose names they say are Hyperoche and . . , Hdt. 4.33 ; σοφιστὴν ὀνομάζουσιν τὸν ἄνδρα εἶναι Pl. Prt. 311e, cf. R. 428e (Pass.), X. Ap. 13, etc. ; cf. καλέω II.3b. III. name or call with reference to, in accordance with, or after . . , τινὰ or τι ἐπί τινι Pl. R. 493c :—Pass., ἐπί τινος Isoc. 12.183 ; ἔκ τινος S. OT 1036, X. Mem. 4.5.12 ; ὁ τῆς ἀρίστης μητρὸς ὠνομασμένος S. Tr. 1105. IV. utter names or words, ἐς τρὶς ὀνομάσαι Σόλων Hdt. 1.86 ; μάλα σεμνῶς ὀνομάζων D. 18.35, cf. 122,21.158 :—Pass., φύσις ἐπὶ τοῖς ὀνομάζεται ἀνθρώποισι the name φύσις is given by men to those things, Emp. 8.4, cf. Parm. 9.1 ; παρανομίαν ἐπὶ τοῖς μὴ ἀνάγκῃ κακοῖς ὀνομασθῆναι the name of transgression is applied . . , Th. 4.98 ; ἀπὸ τούτου τοῦτο ὀνομάζεται (sc. οὐ φροντὶς Ἱπποκλείδῃ) hence this saying is used, Hdt. 6.130. V. make famous, in Pass., οἱ ὠνομασμένοι persons of renown, v.l. for διωνομασμένοι in Isoc. 20.19.—Cf. ὀνομαίνω.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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