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Headword:
*)epw/numon
Adler number: epsilon,2841
Translated headword: sobriquet, nickname
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [A name] which is said along with another proper name.[1]
"[Camillus] giving a sobriquet to Marcius, Corvinus, in reference to the animal which fought with him in his single combat." For Romans call the crow
corvus.[2]
And elsewhere
Aristophanes [writes]: "how good it is to have many nicknames!" As if he said, those who serve on juries strive in vain to have many names.[3]
*)epw/numon: to\ meq' e(te/rou kuri/ou kaq' e(no\s lego/menon. e)pwnumi/an qe/menoi *marki/w| *korbi=non e)pi\ tou= sunagwnizome/nou kata\ th\n monomaxi/an zw/|ou. ko/rbous ga\r tou\s ko/rakas fasi\ *(rwmai=oi. kai\ au)=qis *)aristofa/nhs: w(s a)gaqo/n e)st' e)pwnumi/as polla\s e)/xein. w(sanei\ e)/legen, ou) matai/ws a)/ra speu/dousi polla\ o)no/mata e)/xein oi( dika/zontes.
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Associated internet address:
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Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; law; military affairs; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 17 November 2003@21:04:36.
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