ἐπονομάζω
eponomazo
apply
Appears 79 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπονομάζω, A. apply a word (accus.) as a name to a thing (dat.), ᾧ γένει κέραμον ἐπωνομάκαμεν to which sort we have given the name pottery, Ti. 60d ; ᾧ τὸ ἔστιν ἐπονομάζεις Tht. 185c ; πᾶσι ταὐτὸν ἐ. ὄνομα Plt. 263c (reversely, τίς Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον ἐπονομάζει καθάπερ Πλάτωνι; who dedicates his life to , calls himself an Alexandrist? Or. 31.354b):—Pass., τῇ ἀρχῇ ὕβρις ἐπωνομάσθη the name insolence was given to this rule, Phdr. 238a, cf. Cra. 404b. 2. call by a name, ἀπὸ τοῦ θεῖν θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐπονομάσαι [φαίνονται] ib.397d ; τὰς Μούσας ἀπὸ τοῦ μῶσθαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἐ. called the Muses by this name (viz. Muses), ib.406a ; ἐ. αὐτὰ τῇ ἐκείνων ἐπωνυμίᾳ Phd. 103b ; with εἶναι pleon., Prm. 133d:—Pass., to be named, ἀπό τινος after one, 6.2, etc. ; also τινος, to be named the temple of.., HF 1329, Lg. 738b (but in 626d the gen. depends on ἄξιος) ; πατρόθεν ἐ. Ly. 204e ; πατρὸς.. δαῖτʼ ἐπωνομασμένην, i.e. called after Agamemnon (cf. ἐπώνυμος), El. 284 ; esp. to be surnamed, 2.29 ; Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ Ep.Rom. 2.17. 3. generally, name, call so and so, ἀφνειὸν ἐ. τὸ χωρίον 1.13 ; σοφιστὴν ἐ. σεαυτόν Prt. 349a, cf. Phd. 113b, al. ; παρακαταθήκην ἐ. 28.15. 4. pronounce a name, ἐ. τὰ οὐνόματα ἐν τῷ ὕμνῳ 4.35, cf. 7.117 ; ἐπονομάζων τινά uttering his name as he throws the cottabus, 273, cf. 1.
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