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ὄνομα 1

I.Lat. nomen, a name, Hom., etc.:—absol., by name, πόλις ὄνομα Καιναί Xen., etc.; also in dat., πόλις Θάψακος ὀνόματι id=Xen.
2.ὄν. θεῖναί τινα to give one a name, Od.; but commonly in Mid., ὄν. θέσθαι id=Od., attic; and for Pass., ὄν. κεῖταί τινι Ar., etc.; ὄν. ἔχειν ἀπό τινος Hdt.
3.ὄνομα καλεῖν τινα to call one by name, Od., attic; so with pass. verbs. ὄν. ὠνομάζετο Ἕλενος Soph.; ὄν. κέκληται δημοκρατία Thuc.
II.name. fame, Ἰθάκης γε καὶ ἐς Τροίην ὄνομ᾽ ἵκει Od.; τὸ μέγα ὄν. τῶν Ἀθηνῶν Thuc.; ὄνομα or τὸ ὄν. ἔχειν to have a name for a thing (good or bad), 2 opt., Thuc.
III.a mere name, opp. to the real person or thing, Od.; opp. to ἔργον, Eur., etc.
2.a false name, pretence, pretext, ὀνόματι or ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματι under the pretence, Thuc.
IV.ὄνομα is also used in periphr. phrases, ὄνομα τῆς σωτηρίας, for σωτηρία, Eur.; ὦ φίλτατον ὄν. Πολυνείκους id=Eur.
V.a phrase, expression, Xen.: generally, a saying, speech, Dem.
VI.in Grammar, a noun, Lat. nomen, opp. to ῥῆμα, verbum, Ar., Plat., etc.

1 ὄνομα, ατος, τό,

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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