| slovo | definícia |
eponym
(encz) | eponym,eponym Zdeněk Brož |
eponym
(czen) | eponym,eponym Zdeněk Brož |
Eponym
(gcide) | Eponym \Ep"o*nym\, Eponyme \Ep"o*nyme\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]ponyme.
See Eponymous.]
1. The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person
from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen
is an eponym of the Hellenes.
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2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived
from that of an individual.
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eponym
(wn) | eponym
n 1: the person for whom something is named; "Constantine I is
the eponym for Constantinople"
2: the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); "Down's
syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
eponymic
(encz) | eponymic, adj: |
eponymous
(encz) | eponymous,eponymický adj: Zdeněk Brožeponymous,eponymní adj: Zdeněk Brožeponymous,stejnojmenný adj: Paulus |
eponymický
(czen) | eponymický,eponymousadj: Zdeněk Brož |
eponymní
(czen) | eponymní,eponymousadj: Zdeněk Brož |
Eponym
(gcide) | Eponym \Ep"o*nym\, Eponyme \Ep"o*nyme\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]ponyme.
See Eponymous.]
1. The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person
from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen
is an eponym of the Hellenes.
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2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived
from that of an individual.
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Eponyme
(gcide) | Eponym \Ep"o*nym\, Eponyme \Ep"o*nyme\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]ponyme.
See Eponymous.]
1. The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person
from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen
is an eponym of the Hellenes.
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2. A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived
from that of an individual.
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Eponymic
(gcide) | Eponymic \Ep`o*nym"ic\, a.
Same as Eponymous.
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Tablets . . . which bear eponymic dates. --I. Taylor
(The
Alphabet).
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Eponymist
(gcide) | Eponymist \E*pon"y*mist\, n.
One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its
name; an eponym.
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Eponymous
(gcide) | Eponymous \E*pon"y*mous\, a. [Gr. ?; 'epi` upon, to + ? for ?
name.]
Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people,
country, and the like.
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What becomes . . . of the Herakleid genealogy of the
Spartan kings, when it is admitted that eponymous
persons are to be canceled as fictions? --Grote.
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Eponymy
(gcide) | Eponymy \E*pon"y*my\, n. [Gr. ? a surname given after some
person or thing.]
The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that
of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.
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eponymic
(wn) | eponymic
adj 1: being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
[syn: eponymous, eponymic] |
eponymous
(wn) | eponymous
adj 1: being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
[syn: eponymous, eponymic] |
eponymy
(wn) | eponymy
n 1: the derivation of a general name from that of a famous
person |
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