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ep⋅on⋅y⋅mous

  [uh-pon-uh-muhs]
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–adjective
giving one's name to a tribe, place, etc.: Romulus, the eponymous founder of Rome.
Origin:
1840–50; < Gk epnymos giving name. See ep-, -onym, -ous
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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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: epon·y·mous
Pronunciation: i-'pän-&-m&s, e-
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or named after an eponym eponymous genetic conditions … such as … Friedreich's ataxia —R. O. Brady>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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