[lit-ideas] Polyonymous
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:11:07 EDT
From wsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
polyonymous (pol-ee-ON-uh-muhs) adjective, Having or known by many names.
[From Greek polyonymos, from poly- (many) + -onyma (name).]
"She (Hecate) protects roads and she is polyonymous, she has lots of
names."
Michael P. Clark; Revenge of the Aesthetic: The Place of Literature
in Theory Today; University of California Press; 2000.
"The Antonine dynasty polyonymous senator whose names included
'Velleius Blaesus'."
Anthony Birley; Marcus Aurelius; Routledge; 2000.
Cheers,
JL
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