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ὄνομα

ὄνομα

See also: όνομα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Noun

ὄνομᾰ (ónoma) n (genitive ὀνόμᾰτος); third declension

  1. name
  2. fame (compare English make a name for oneself)
  3. (grammar) noun, in the wide sense: referring to most word classes that are declined for case and number a substantive (English noun), an adjective, or a pronoun but excluding the relative pronoun ὅς (hós) and the article (ho)
  4. (grammar) phrase

Inflection

Hyponyms

grammar, noun:
  • ἐπίκοινον (epíkoinon) (nomen epicoenum; epicene noun)
  • κύριον ὄνομα (kúrion ónoma) (nomen proprium; proper noun)
  • ἐθνικόν (ethnikón) [ὄνομα] (nomen gentile)
  • προσηγορικόν (prosēgorikón), προσηγορία (prosēgoría) (nomen appellativum; appellative noun)
  • ὑποκοριστικόν (hupokoristikón) [ὄνομα] ([nomen] deminutivum/diminutivum; diminutive [noun])
  • ἐπίθετον (epítheton), ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón) (nomen adjectivum; [noun] adjective)
  • ἀριθμητικόν (arithmētikón) (nomen numerale cardinale; cardinal number)
  • τακτικόν (taktikón) (nomen numerale ordinale; ordinal number)

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