LOGOI

The corpus record

ὁμωνῠμ-ία

omonumia · ἡ

a having the same name, verbal identity

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

Where it lives

What it meant

ὁμωνῠμ-ία · homōnym-ia — LSJ

a having the same name, verbal identity

a having the same name, verbal identity, Epicur. Nat. 2.9, AP 6.100 (Crin.), Plu. Def.orac. 2.427e : pl., Str. 13.1.21.

II fraudulent use of an identity of name

fraudulent use of an identity of name, POxy. 257.44 (i A.D.), 1266.36 (i A.D.).

III equivocal sense, ambiguity, equivocally

of words, equivocal sense, ambiguity, παρὰ τὴν ὁ. Arist. SE 165b30 ; καθʼ ὁμωνυμίαν equivocally, Id. APo. 85b11 : pl., ταῖς -ίαις πλανῶνται Phld. Sign. 36.

2 an equivocal word

an equivocal word, τῶν ὀνομάτων τῷ μὲν σοφιστῇ ὁμωνυμίαι χρήσιμοι . . , τῷ ποιητῇ δὲ συνωνυμίαι (q.v.) Arist. Rh. 1404b38.

In the wild

6 of 13 attestations shown. Ask for more.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

Downloads

CC BY 4.0 with receipt attribution — every file carries its license line. What is exportable

Ask the librarian

Ask about ὁμωνῠμ-ία →