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ὀνομάζω,
imperfect ὠνόμαζον [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 682 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+], etc.; Epic dialect ὀν- [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.361, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future ὀνομάσω [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 423d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ὠνόμασα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.339, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ὠνόμακα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 219b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, future -ασθήσομαι[[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 6.16, +others: ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]aorist ὠνομάσθην and perfect ὠνόμασμαι, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.96, 6.96, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ὀνόμασται [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 9.1, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ὠνομάδαται [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.16 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, imperfect ὠνομάζετο [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1021.] Refs 5th c.BC+] —Aeolic dialect or _Doric dialect_ future 3rd.pers. singular ὀνυμάξει (or -εῖ) [[ “Berl.Sitzb.” 1927.167 (from Cyrene)] Refs]: aorist ὀνύμαξε [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.44 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; middle future ὀνυμάξομαι[[ [prev. work] 7.5 ] Refs]: present ὀνυμάζεται[[ Metop. cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 3.1.116] Refs 5th c.AD+]: (ὄνομα):—speak of by name, call or address by name, of persons, πατρόθεν ἐκ γενεῆς ὀνομάζων ἄνδρα ἕκαστον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.68, compare 22.415 and ὀνομακλήδην ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Πυθοδώρου.., ὃν Ἀθηναῖοι οὐκ ὀνομάζουσιν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.3.1 (interpolated)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοῖς προγόνοις -αζομένοις ἀπομνημονεύεται ὁπόστος ἀφ᾽ Ἡρακλέους ἐγένετο his descent.. is traced by naming his ancestors, [[ [prev. author] “Ages.” 1.2. ] Refs]
__2 of things, name, specify, περικλυτὰ δῶρ᾽ ὀνόμαζον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.449 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; but also, name or promise, opposed to giving, εἰ μὲν.. μὴ δῶρα φέροι, τὰ δ᾽ ὄπισθ᾽ ὀνομάζοι [[ 9.515 ] Refs]; εἶναί τι ὀνομάζειν use the term 'being', [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 160b, compare 166c, 201d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; dedicate, τράπεζαν τῷ δαίμονι [[ 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 121 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, λόγοισι.. ὠνόμασται βραχέσι have been expressed, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 294. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II ὀ. τινά τι call one something, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.44, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 681 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.6, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.3, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1193 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄνομα τί σε.. ὠνόμαζεν λεώ; [[ [prev. author] “Heracl.” 87 (Lyric poetry):] Refs] —rarely in middle, παῖδά μ᾽ ὠνομάζετο called me his son, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1021 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ὄνομα δ᾽ ὠνομάζετο Ἕλενος [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 605; τὴν αὑτῆς ἐπωνυμίαν ὀνομαζόμενον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 238a; ἀντὶ γὰρ φίλων καὶ ξένων, ἃ τότ᾽ ὠνομάζοντο 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.46. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.b nominate, ὀνομασθεὶς εἰς δεκαπρωτείαν [[ “POxy.” 1257.1, compare 1204.4 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.2 εἶναι is frequently added pleonastic, τὰς ὀνομάζουσι εἶναι Ὑπερόχην καὶ.. whose names they say are Hyperoche and.., [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.33; σοφιστὴν ὀνομάζουσιν τὸν ἄνδρα εἶναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 311e, compare “R.” 428e (_passive_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 13, etc.; compare καλέω 11.3 b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III name or call with reference to, in accordance with, or after.., τινὰ or τι ἐπί τινι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 493c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐπί τινος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.183; ἔκ τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1036, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.5.12; ὁ τῆς ἀρίστης μητρὸς ὠνομασμένος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1105. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV utter names or words, ἐς τρὶς ὀνομάσαι Σόλων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86; μάλα σεμνῶς ὀνομάζων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.35, compare 122, 21.158:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, φύσις ἐπὶ τοῖς ὀνομάζεται ἀνθρώποισι the name φύσις is given by men to those things, [[ 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 8.4, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 9.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρανομίαν ἐπὶ τοῖς μὴ ἀνάγκῃ κακοῖς ὀνομασθῆναι the name of transgression is applied.., [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.98 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τούτου τοῦτο ὀνομάζεται (i.e. οὐ φροντὶς Ἱπποκλείδῃ) hence this saying is used, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.130. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__V make famous, in passive, οἱ ὠνομασμένοι persons of renown, variant for{διωνομασμένοι} in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 20.19.] Refs 5th c.BC+] —Cf. ὀνομαίνω.
