Eponymous Definition

ĭ-pŏnə-məs
adjective
Of, having to do with, or being an eponym.
Hamlet is the eponymous character of Shakespeare's tragic play.
Webster's New World
Named after something else or deriving from an existing name or word.
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Origin of Eponymous

  • eponym itself is from Ancient Greek ἐπώνυμος (epōnumos) (ἐπί (epi, “upon") + ὄνυμα (onuma), see -onym).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Greek epōnumos eponym

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • eponym +"Ž -ous

    From Wiktionary

Eponymous Sentence Examples

  • Jutland was acquired by Dan, the eponymous ancestor of the Danes.

  • Medus was regarded as the eponymous hero and progenitor of the Medes.

  • Telephus, was priestess of Athena Alea at Tegea, and daughter of Aleus; fleeing from Tegea, she became the wife of Teuthras, the eponymous king of Teuthrania, and her son Telephus succeeded him.

  • Nisus was the eponymous hero of the harbour of Nisaea, and local tradition makes no mention of his betrayal by his daughter.

  • According to the legend, Callisto, an Arcadian nymph, became by Zeus the mother of Arcas, the eponymous hero of the Arcadians.

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Words Starting With

EEPEPO

Words Ending With

SUSOUS

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eponymous

Words Starting With E and Ending With S

Starts With E & Ends With SStarts With EP & Ends With SStarts With E & Ends With US

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With E9 Letter Words Ending With S