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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-pon-uh-muh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈpɒn ə məs |
Definition of eponymous
Origin :- 1846; see eponym + -ous.
- adj giving one's name to something
- We know that the statues of eponymous heroes were set up in the agora.
- Extract from : « The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 » by Various
- For eponymous medicine-men see Kamilaroi and Kurnai, p. 231.
- Extract from : « Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 » by Andrew Lang
- In particular we have the eponymous ancestors of families and even nations.
- Extract from : « The Heroic Age » by H. Munro Chadwick
- To come from the story as a whole to the personality of the eponymous hero.
- Extract from : « Barry Lyndon » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- He seldom mentions an eponymous founder of a city, or ancestor of a people.
- Extract from : « The World of Homer » by Andrew Lang
- Jutland was acquired by Dan, the eponymous ancestor of the Danes.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 » by Various
- In the case of corcu and mocu the name which follows is frequently the name of an eponymous ancestor.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 7 » by Various
- Far from degenerating, the Australians show advance when they supersede their beast or other totem by an eponymous human hero.
- Extract from : « Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 » by Andrew Lang
- Many of these structures represent animal forms, probably the totem or eponymous ancestor of the tribe which reared them.
- Extract from : « The Myths of the North American Indians » by Lewis Spence
- Had it the name, before it worked magic for its eponymous object, or did it take the name because it worked the magic?
- Extract from : « Social Origins and Primal Law » by Andrew Lang
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