ἐπώνυμος

ἐπώνυμος, ον (for the form cf. ἀν-ώνυμος), A. given as a significant name, τῷ δʼ Ὀδυσεὺς ὄνομʼ ἔστω ἐπώνυμον Od. 19.409 (cf. ὀδυσσάμενος τόδʼ ἱκάνω ib.407); Ἀλκυόνην καλέεσκον ἐπώνυμον, οὕνεκʼ.. Il. 9.562, cf. h.Ap. 373; Κύκλωπες δʼ ὄνομʼ ἦσαν ἐπώνυμοι, οὕνεκα.. Hes. Th. 144 ; τῷ μὲν ἐπώνυμον ἦεν [Χρυσάωρ], ὅτʼ.. ib.282 ; when the reason is omitted, the name is itself significant, Ἀρήτη δʼ ὄνομʼ ἐστὶν ἐπώνυμον (ʼthe Desiredʼ) Od. 7.54 ; κάρτα δʼ ὢν ἐ., πομπαῖος ἴσθι, of Hermes, A. Eu. 90 ; Ζεὺς ἀλεξητήριος ἐ. γένοιτο may he become a defender according to his name, Id. Th. 9, cf. 405 ; ἐπωνύμῳ δὲ κάρτα Πολυνείκει λέγω ib.658 ; ὦ Πολύνεικες ἔφυς ἄρʼ ἐ. rightly wert thou named.., E. Ph. 1494 (anap.). 2. surnamed, Ἀθηναίῃ ἐ. Κραθίῃ Hdt. 5.45 ; πολλῶν ὀνομάτων ἐ., of Aphrodite, S. Fr. 941.2 ; τόδʼ ἐπώνυμον this is her proper name (sc. Αἴγλα), Isyll. 47. 3. freq. c. gen., named after a person or thing, ἐμοῦ δʼ.. ἐπώνυμον γένος Πελασγῶν A. Supp. 252, cf. Pr. 850, S. OC 65 ; ἐ. ὄρνιχος called after it, Pi. I. 6(5).53, cf. Hdt. 7.11, S. Fr. 323, Euph. 34.3 ; τῇ Ἀρτέμιδι, ἧς ἐστιν ἐ. ἡ φρατρία Rev.Épigr. 1.239 (Naples, ii A.D.); ἔνθεν ἔστʼ ἐ. A. Eu. 689 ; ἐ. δεῖπνα Θυέστου E. Or. 1008 (anap.); πόλεις ἐ. βασιλέων Plu. Comp.Thes.Rom. 4 ; ἐ. τοῦ θανάτου τινὸς γενέσθαι Id. Flam. 21 ; ἐ. ἐπί τινος Hdt. 4.184 ; ἔκ τινος D.P. 779 ; ἀπό τινος Scymn. 547 : c. dat., Ὀδυσσεύς εἰμʼ ἐ. κακοῖς S. Fr. 965 (s.v.l.); πόλιν ποιεῖν ἐ. τινι Pl. Lg. 969a ; φυλὴν ἐ. ἐποίησαν Ἀττάλῳ Plb. 16.25.9 ; ἐ. ἑαυτῷ D.H. 1.9 ; χῶραι ἐ. local names of places, Plb. 5.21.7 ; = Lat. cognomen, D.H. 5.25 codd.; τῆς πράξεως ἐ., of Mummius, i.e. Achaëcus, Plu. Mar.I ; title, D.C. 72.22. Adv. -μως by being named after, ἔκ τινος Ath. 3.121a ; ἐ. τῇ γεννώσῃ χώρᾳ Dsc. 3.23. II. Act., giving oneʼs name to a thing or person, αὐτό μοι σύ, παῖ, λαβὼν ἐ. (sc. τὸ σάκος) which gives thee thy name (of Eurysaces), S. Aj. 574 ; τοῦ ἐ. τῆς πόλεως Διονύσου SIG 762.13 (Dionysopolis, i B.C.). 2. at Athens, οἱ ἐ. (sc. ἥρωες) the heroes who gave their names to the Attic φυλαί, Decr. ap. And. 1.83, Isoc. 18.61, D. 21.103, etc. b. ἄρχων ἐ. the first Archon, who gave his name to the current year, IG 3.81, al., Poll. 8.89 ; also of the Spartan Ephors, Paus. 3.11.2 ; of the Roman consules ordinarii, IG 14.1389i34, Hdn. 1.16.3 ; οἱ τὰ ἐ. ἄρξαντες App. Syr. 51 ; ἄρξαντα τὴν ἐ. ἀρχήν SIG 872.6 (Eleusis, ii A.D.).