ἐπονομ-άζω,
apply a word (accusative) as a name to a thing (dative), ᾧ γένει κέραμον ἐπωνομάκαμεν to which sort we have given the name pottery, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 60d; ᾧ τὸ ἔστιν ἐπονομάζεις [prev. author] “Tht.” 185c; πᾶσι ταὐτὸν ἐ. ὄνομα [prev. author] “Plt.” 263c (reversely, τίς Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον ἐπονομάζει καθάπερ Πλάτωνι] Refs 5th c.BC+]; who dedicates his life to [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus ] Refs 4th c.BC+], calls himself an Alexandrist? [[ 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 31.354b):] Refs 4th c.AD+] —passive, τῇ ἀρχῇ ὕβρις ἐπωνομάσθη the name insolence was given to this rule, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 238a, compare “Cra.” 404b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 call by a name, ἀπὸ τοῦ θεῖν θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐπονομάσαι [φαίνονται] [[[prev. work] 397d ] Refs]; τὰς Μούσας ἀπὸ τοῦ μῶσθαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἐ. called the Muses by this name (viz. Muses),[[ [prev. work] 406a; ἐ. αὐτὰ τῇ ἐκείνων ἐπωνυμίᾳ [prev. author] “Phd.” 103b ] Refs]; with εἶναι pleonastic, [[ [prev. author] “Prm.” 133d ] Refs]:—passive, to be named, ἀπό τινος after one, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.2, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τινος, to be named the temple of.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1329, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 738b (but in 626d the _genitive_ depends on ἄξιος) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πατρόθεν ἐ. [[ [prev. author] “Ly.” 204e ] Refs]; πατρὸς.. δαῖτ᾽ ἐπωνομασμένην, i.e. called after Agamemnon (compare ἐπώνυμος), [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 284 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially to be surnamed, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.29; Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ NT.Rom.2.17. ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__3 generally, name, call so and so, ἀφνειὸν ἐ. τὸ χωρίον [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13; σοφιστὴν ἐ. σεαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 349a, compare “Phd.” 113b, +others; παρακαταθήκην ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 28.15. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]