Eponym
(the) eponym stands for:
- Eponym (linguistics) , a term (e.g. Achilles heel ) derived from a name, or that name itself (e.g. Achilles )
(the) eponym stands for:
- a senior official, after whose term of office a year was named in the calendar (see also list of eponyms ), for example
- in Athens the Archon eponymos or
- in Rome the consul ordinarius , see Consulat
- Eponymous hero , an eponymous ancestor or founder
For the adjective eponym (Greek ἐπώνυμος epónymos , German 'naming' ) see also
- Eponymous site , eponymous site in archeology
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Wiktionary: Eponym - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
