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ὀνομάζω , impf.
A.ὠνόμαζονA.Ag.682 (lyr.), etc. ; Ep. “ὀν-Il.1.361, al. : fut. “ὀνομάσωPl.Cra.423d : aor. “ὠνόμασαOd.24.339, etc.: pf. “ὠνόμακαPl.Sph.219b :—Pass., fut. “-ασθήσομαιGal.UP6.16, al. : aor. ὠνομάσθην and pf. ὠνόμασμαι, Th.1.96, 6.96, etc.; Ep. “ὀνόμασταιParm.9.1, etc. ; 3pl. “ὠνομάδαταιD.C.37.16 :—Med., impf. “ὠνομάζετοS.OT1021.—Aeol. or Dor. fut. 3sg. ὀνυμάξει (or -εῖ) Berl.Sitzb.1927.167 (Cyrene) : aor. “ὀνύμαξεPi.P.2.44 ; Med. fut. ὀνυμάξομαι ib.7.5 : pres. ὀνυμάζεται Metop. ap. Stob.3.1.116 : (ὄνομα) :—speak of by name, call or address by name, of persons, “πατρόθεν ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζων ἄνδρα ἕκαστονIl.10.68, cf. 22.415 and ὀνομακλήδην ; “Πυθοδώρου . . , ὃν Ἀθηναῖοι οὐκ ὀνομάζουσινX.HG2.3.1 (interpol.); τοῖς προγόνοις -αζομένοις ἀπομνημονεύεταιὁπόστος ἀφ᾽ Ἡρακλέους ἐγένετο his descent . . is traced by naming his ancestors, Id.Ages.1.2.
2. of things, name, specify,περικλυτὰ δῶρ᾽ ὀνόμαζονIl.18.449 ; but also, name or promise, opp. giving, “εἰ μὲν . . μὴ δῶρα φέροι, τὰ δ᾽ ὄπισθ᾽ ὀνομάζοι9.515 ; εἶναί τι ὀνομάζειν use the term 'being', Pl.Tht.160b, cf. 166c, 201d ; dedicate,τράπεζαν τῷ δαίμονιTheopomp.Hist.121 :—Pass., “λόγοισι . . ὠνόμασται βραχέσιhave been expressed, S.OC294.
b. nominate,ὀνομασθεὶς εἰς δεκαπρωτείανPOxy.1257.1, cf. 1204.4 (iii A.D.).
2. εἶναι is freq. added pleon., τὰς ὀνομάζουσι εἶναι Ὑπερόχην καὶ . . whose names they say are Hyperoche and . . , Hdt.4.33 ; “σοφιστὴν ὀνομάζουσιν τὸν ἄνδρα εἶναιPl.Prt.311e, cf. R.428e (Pass.), X.Ap.13, etc. ; cf. “καλέω11.3 b.
III. name or call with reference to, in accordance with, or after . . , τινὰ or “τι ἐπί τινιPl. R.493c :—Pass., “ἐπί τινοςIsoc.12.183 ; “ἔκ τινοςS.OT1036, X.Mem. 4.5.12 ; “ τῆς ἀρίστης μητρὸς ὠνομασμένοςS.Tr.1105.
V. make famous, in Pass., οἱ ὠνομασμένοι persons of renown, v.l. for διωνομασμένοι in Isoc.20.19.—Cf. ὀνομαίνω.
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