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ὀνομάζω

onomazo

speak of by name, call

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What it meant

ὀνομάζω · onomazō — LSJ

speak of by name, call, address by name, naming

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 name, specify, name, promise, use the term, dedicate, have been expressed

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 call, called, his

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

nominate, ὀνομασθεὶς εἰς δεκαπρωτείαν POxy. 1257.1, cf. 1204.4 (iii A.D.).

2 names they say are

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, call

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, words, the name φύσις is given, the name, is applied, saying is used

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, of renown

make famous, in Pass., οἱ ὠνομασμένοι persons of renown, v.l. for διωνομασμένοι in Isoc. 20.19.—Cf. ὀνομαίνω.

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