ὄνομα
Alt. ὄνομα, ατος, τό,
I. Lat. nomen, a name, Hom., etc.:—absol., "by name", πόλις ὄνομα Καιναί Xen., etc.; also in dat., πόλις Θάψακος ὀνόματι id=Xen.
2. ὄν. θεῖναί τινα to give one "a name", Od.; but commonly in Mid., ὄν. θέσθαι id=Od., attic; and for Pass., ὄν. κεῖταί τινι Ar., etc.; ὄν. ἔχειν ἀπό τινος Hdt.
3. ὄνομα καλεῖν τινα to call one "by name", Od., attic; so with pass. verbs. ὄν. ὠνομάζετο Ἕλενος Soph.; ὄν. κέκληται δημοκρατία Thuc.
II. "name. fame", Ἰθάκης γε καὶ ἐς Τροίην ὄνομ᾽ ἵκει Od.; τὸ μέγα ὄν. τῶν Ἀθηνῶν Thuc.; ὄνομα or τὸ ὄν. ἔχειν to have "a name" for a thing (good or bad), 2 opt., Thuc.
III. "a mere name", opp. to the real person or thing, Od.; opp. to ἔργον, Eur., etc.
2. "a false name, pretence, pretext", ὀνόματι or ἐπ᾽ ὀνόματι under the "pretence", Thuc.
IV. ὄνομα is also used in periphr. phrases, ὄνομα τῆς σωτηρίας, for σωτηρία, Eur.; ὦ φίλτατον ὄν. Πολυνείκους id=Eur.
V. "a phrase, expression", Xen.: generally, "a saying, speech", Dem.
VI. in Grammar, "a noun", Lat. nomen, opp. to ῥῆμα, "verbum", Ar., Plat., etc.