epithet
21epithet — See specific epithet …
22epithet — /ˈɛpəθɛt / (say epuhthet), /ˈɛpi / (say epee ), / θət/ (say thuht) noun 1. an adjective or other term applied to a person or thing to express an attribute, as in Alexander the Great. 2. a word or phrase expressing abuse or contempt: *No epithet… …
23epithet — [16] Etymologically, an epithet is a word that is ‘put on’ to or ‘added’ to another. The term comes from Greek epítheton, which meant literally ‘addition’, but was used by Greek grammarians for ‘adjective’. It was a derivative of epitithénai ‘put …
24epithet — noun Etymology: Latin epitheton, from Greek, from neuter of epithetos added, from epitithenai to put on, add, from epi + tithenai to put more at do Date: 1579 1. a. a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of …
25Epithet — Epitheton (Plural: Epitheta, von gr.: τὸ ἐπίθετον) bedeutet „Das Hinzugefügte; später Eingeführte“. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Rhetorik/Stilistik 2 Biologie 3 Quellen 4 Weblinks // …
26epithet — the second word of a binomial name of a species (or the second and third of a subspecies); specific name; trivial name …
27epithet — noun /ˈɛp.ɪ.θɛt/ a) A term used to characterize a person or thing. b) A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person. Syn …
28epithet — Synonyms and related words: abuse, appellation, appellative, binomen, binomial name, blackguard, byword, call names, catchword, cognomen, cryptonym, curse, cuss, cuss out, cuss word, damn, denomination, designation, device, dirty name, dirty word …
29Epithet — Adled, underordnet led. Se Attributiv …
30epithet — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. byname (see nomenclature). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. designation, appellation, sobriquet; see name 1 , 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. nickname, name, label, pet name, appellation, designation,… …
