Eponym — („Namen gebend“, von griech. ἐπώνυμος) steht für: in der Altertumswissenschaft eine mythische Gestalt (oder eine historische Person), von deren Name der Name eines Volkes, einer Stadt, einer Menschengruppe oder eines geographischen Objektes… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Eponym — Ep o*nym, Eponyme Ep o*nyme, n. [Cf. F. [ e]ponyme. See {Eponymous}.] 1. The hypothetical individual who is assumed as the person from whom any race, city, etc., took its name; as, Hellen is an eponym of the Hellenes. [1913 Webster] 2. A name, as … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eponym — eponym, eponymous 1. An eponym is a person after whom something is named, such as a building, an institution, an organization, a machine, a product, or a process. Examples include: Alzheimer s disease, from Alois Alzheimer, 1864–1915, German… … Modern English usage
eponym — [ep′ə nim΄] n. [< Gr epōnymos, eponymous < epi , upon + onyma, NAME] 1. a real or mythical person from whose name the name of a nation, institution, etc. is derived [William Penn is the eponym of Pennsylvania] 2. a person whose name has… … English World dictionary
eponym — eponym. См. эпоним. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
eponym — index call (title) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
eponym — one whose name becomes that of a place, a people, an era, an institution, etc., 1846, from Gk. eponymos given as a name, giving one s name to something, from epi “upon” (see EPI (Cf. epi )) + onyma, Aeolic dial. variant of onoma name (see… … Etymology dictionary
eponym — ► NOUN 1) a word or name derived from the name of a person. 2) a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc. is named … English terms dictionary
Eponym — An eponym is the name of a person, whether real or fictitious, which has (or is thought to have) given rise to the name of a particular place, tribe, era, discovery, or other item. An eponymous person is the person referred to by the eponym. In… … Wikipedia
eponym — eponymic, adj. /ep euh nim/, n. 1. a person, real or imaginary, from whom something, as a tribe, nation, or place, takes or is said to take its name: Brut, the supposed grandson of Aeneas, is the eponym of the Britons. 2. a word based on or… … Universalium