eponimo
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπώνυμος (epṓnumos).
Pronunciation
Noun
eponimo m (plural eponimi)
- eponym
- a deity, hero or other character whose name gave rise to the name of a settlement, a gens or a family
- (by extension) a person whose name gave rise to the name of a literary or artistic movement, or of a historical period
- (by extension) a person whose name gave rise to the name of an anatomical organ, or of a condition or syndrome
- (by extension, uncommon) a titular character
- (historical, Ancient Greece) the eponymous archon
Adjective
eponimo (feminine eponima, masculine plural eponimi, feminine plural eponime)
- eponymous
- 2020 September, Antonio Pennacchi, “Capitolo secondo [Second Chapter]”, in La strada del mare (overall work in Italian, Venetan, English, and French), Milan: Mondadori Libri S.p.A., →ISBN, page 239:
- Già gli antichi greci, quando moriva l’eroe eponimo – colui che aveva fondato la città – gli erigevano un tempio al centro della città stessa e ci seppellivano il corpo
- As early as the ancient Greeks, when the eponymous hero – the one who had founded the city – died, a temple would be built at the center of that city, and they would bury the body there
- (uncommon) Synonym of eponimico
Further reading
- eponimo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana