单词 | eponymous |
释义 | eponymousadj. 1. That gives (his) name to anything; said esp. of the mythical personages from whose names the names of places or peoples are reputed to be derived. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > eponymous eponymous1846 eponymic1863 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. iv. 111 The eponymous personage from whom the community derive their name. 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. ix. 379 Eponymous heroes. 1889 A. C. Swinburne Study of Jonson 27 The eponymous hero or protagonist of the play. 2. Giving his name to the year, as did the chief archon at Athens. ΚΠ 1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 195 Inscribed with the name of the eponymous magistrate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1846 |
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