Dictionary entry

G03687

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

ὀνομάζω

Etym. ὄνομα

I. "to name or speak of by name, call or address by name", Il., Hdt., Xen.

2. of things, "to name, specify", Il.

II. ὀν. τινά τι "to call" one something, Hdt., attic: in Mid., παῖδά μ᾽ ὠνομάζετο "called" me "his" son, Soph.:—Pass., ὄνομα δ᾽ ὠνομάζετο Ἕλενος id=Soph., etc.

2. εἶναι is often added pleon., τὰς οὐνομάζουσι εἶναι Ὑπερόχην καί.. whose "names they say are" Hyperoche and.., Hdt.; σοφιστὴν ὀνομάζουσιν τὸν ἄνδρα εἶναι Plat.

III. "to name or call" after.., ἐπί τινι Hdt., etc.; ἔκ τινος Soph.:—Pass., ἀπὸ τούτου τοῦτο οὐνομάζεται hence this "saying has arisen", Hdt.

IV. "to use names or words", μάλα σεμνῶς ὀνομάζων Dem.