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eponymic

/ep-uh-nim/US // ˈɛp ə nɪm //UK // (ˈɛpəˌnɪm) //

同名的,同名,同名词,同名同姓

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person, real or imaginary, from whom something, as a tribe, nation, or place, takes or is said to take its name: Brut, the supposed grandson of Aeneas, is the eponym of the Britons.
    • : a word based on or derived from a person's name.
    • : any ancient official whose name was used to designate his year of office.

Examples

  • Scyld, on the other hand, is in the first place probably a mere eponym of the power of the Scylding kings of Denmark.

  • Xanthus, however, puts Torrhebus in the place of Tyrsenus, and makes him the eponym of a district in Lydia.

  • As for this eponym thing, why Saint Augustine called attention to it fifteen hundred years ago.

  • This, however, as we learn from the Eponym Canon, was not all.

  • The case is different with Herakles, the patron, eponym, and ancestor of Dorian Hellas.