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ὀνομαίνω

onomaino

name

Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀνομαίνω, h.Ven. 290, Aeol. and Dor. ὀνῠμαίνω GDI 4992aiii 6 (Gortyn), Ti.Locr. 100c (Pass.): Ion. fut. οὐνομανέω Hdt. 4.47 (v.l. ὀν-) : aor. ὠνόμηνα Is. 3.33 ; Ep. ὀνόμηνα Hom., Hes. (v. infr.); Boeot. ὠνούμηνα Corinn. 2cod. (fort. -ανα) :—A. Ep. and Ion. Verb, = ὀνομάζω, name or call by name, φίλον τʼ ὀνόμηνεν ἑταῖρον Il. 10.522, cf. 16.491, etc. ; θεοὺς ὀ. ἅπαντας 14.278 ; of things, name, recount, περικλυτὰ δῶρʼ ὀνομήνω 9.121 ; πληθὺν οὐκ ἂν ἐγὼ μυθήσομαι οὐδʼ ὀνομήνω 2.488 ; so πάντα μὲν οὐκ ἂν . . Od. 4.240, etc.—Rare in Prose, Hdt. and Is. Il. cc. 2. simply, utter, speak, ἴσχεο μηδʼ ὀνομήνῃς Od. 11.251, cf. h.Ven. 290 ; then (cf. ὀνομάζω I.2) promise to do, ὄρχους δέ μοι ὧδʼ ὀνόμηνας δώσειν Od. 24.341. II. name, call by a name, Hes. Op. 80 ; καί οἱ τοῦτʼ ὀνόμηνʼ ὄνομʼ ἔμμεναι Id. Fr. 116.2: in Dor. Prose, ἁδοναὶ ὀνυμαίνονται Ti.Locr.l.c., etc. III. nominate, appoint, καὶ σὸν θεράποντʼ ὀνόμηνεν Il. 23.90.
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