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ep⋅on⋅y⋅mous
[uh-pon-uh-muh
s] 
–adjective
| giving one's name to a tribe, place, etc.: Romulus, the eponymous founder of Rome. |
nymos
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| e·pon·y·mous (ĭ-pŏn'ə-məs) adj. Of, relating to, or constituting an eponym. [From Greek epōnumos; see eponym.] |
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Eponymous
E*pon"y*mous\, a. [Gr. ?; 'epi` upon, to + ? for ? name.] Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like. What becomes . . . of the Herakleid genealogy of the Spartan kings, when it is admitted that eponymous persons are to be canceled as fictions? --Grote.
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eponymous
1846, from Gk. eponymos "given as a name, giving one's name to something," from epi- "upon" + onyma, Aeolic dial. variant of onoma "name" (see name).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: epon·y·mous
Pronunciation: i-'pän-&-m&s, e-
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or named after an eponym
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