A.derived or significant name, as Ἔπαφος, A.Supp.45 (lyr.); Πολυνείκης, Id.Th.829 (lyr.); ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι ἀπό or ἐπί τινος, Hdt.2.42, 1.94 ; “ὅθεν ἔθεντο τὰς ἐ.” Id.4.45 ; ἔχειν ἐ. ἐπί τινος ibid.; “καλεῖσθαι ἐ. ἐπί τινος” Id.1.14 ; “κατὰ τὴν ἐ. τινὸς κληθῆναι” Id.1.173 ; ἐ. ἔχειν or σχεῖν τινός, Id.4.15, Pl.Criti.114a ; ἐ. ἀπό τινος ἔχειν, ἐγκαταλιπεῖν, λαβεῖν, Hdt.7.121, Th.2.102, Pl.Phdr.238c ; τῆς θεοῦ ἐπωνυμίας ἄξιος the name derived from her, Id.Lg.626d ; τὴν τῇδε ἐ. αὐτοῦ its namesake here, Id.Phdr.250e ; “ἐ. ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν παρέχεσθαι” Th.1.3 ; but ἐ. σχεῖν χώρας to have the naming of it, i.e. have it named after one, ib.9 ; “ἐ. τινὶ Μαργίτην τίθεσθαι” as a nickname, Aeschin.3.160 ; “προσείληφε τὴν ἐ...συκοφάντης” Id.2.99 ; “ἔχουσα τὴν ἐ. τὴν τοῦ ὃ ἔστιν” Pl.Phd.92d : folld. by inf., ἐ. ἔχει σμικρός τε καὶ μέγας εἶναι he has the name of being, ib.102c ; “ἀποβαιεῖν τὴν ἐ. τὸ.. καλὸς κἀγαθὸς κεκλῆσθαι” X.Oec.12.2 ; “ἐ. ἔχοντος Θασίου εἶναι” Hdt.2.44 : acc. as Adv., Ὀλυμπίῳ ἐπωνυμίην θύειν by surname, ibid.; “ἀπὸ τῆς κυψέλης ἐ. Κύψελος οὔνομα ἐτέθη” Id.5.92.έ.
2. generally, name, title, “θεῶν -ίαι” Id.2.4, cf. Pl.R.394a, PHal.1.251 (iii B.C.), etc.; “συγγραμμάτων” Sor.Vit.Hippocr.13.