eponimo

See also: epónimo and epônimo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπώνυμος (epṓnumos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈpɔ.ni.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɔnimo
• Hyphenation: e‧pò‧ni‧mo

Noun

eponimo m (plural eponimi)

1. eponym
   1. a deity, hero or other character whose name gave rise to the name of a settlement, a gens or a family
   2. (by extension) a person whose name gave rise to the name of a literary or artistic movement, or of a historical period
   3. (by extension) a person whose name gave rise to the name of an anatomical organ, or of a condition or syndrome
   4. (by extension, uncommon) a titular character
2. (historical, Ancient Greece) the eponymous archon

Adjective

eponimo (feminine eponima, masculine plural eponimi, feminine plural eponime)

1. eponymous
   • 2020 September, Antonio Pennacchi, “Capitolo secondo [Second Chapter]”, in La strada del mare (overall work in Italian, Venetan, English, and French), Milan: Mondadori Libri S.p.A., →ISBN, page 239:

     Già gli antichi greci, quando moriva l’eroe eponimo – colui che aveva fondato la città – gli erigevano un tempio al centro della città stessa e ci seppellivano il corpo

     As early as [the time of] the ancient Greeks, when the eponymous hero – the one who had founded the city – died, a temple would be built at the center of that city, and they would bury the body there

2. (uncommon) synonym of eponimico

Further reading

• “eponimo”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

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