Of, relating to, or constituting an eponym.
[From Greek epōnumos. See eponym.]
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| Literary Dictionary: eponymous |
eponymous
| Classical Literature Companion: eponymous |
eponymous (‘that gives his name’), term used both of those who gave their names to places, as the goddess Athena to Athens, and of the chief magistrate of a city (in Athens the principal archon, in Rome the two consuls) who gave his name to the year in which he held office, thereby identifying it (see CALENDARS). When Cleisthenes
| Obscure Words: eponymous |
| WordNet: eponymous |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
Synonym: eponymic
Pertains to noun: eponym (meaning #2)
| Jetur (in the Old Testament) | |
| eponymic | |
| Eirnin |
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