• Epithet (redirect from Epitheton)
    An epithet (from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional'), also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or...
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  • An epithet (from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional') is a byname, or a descriptive term (word or phrase)...
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  • nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a...
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  • adjectīvum, a calque of Ancient Greek: ἐπίθετον ὄνομα (surname), romanized: epítheton ónoma, lit. 'additional noun' (whence also English epithet). In the grammatical...
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  • Look up epithet, byname, epitets, Epitheton, or specific epithet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An epithet is a name. In taxonomic nomenclature,...
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    and nēma (νῆμα) meaning "naked" and "thread", respectively; the species epitheton sylvestre means "of the forest" in Latin. The Hindi and Urdu name gurmar...
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  • Williams comments: "Servius is justified in his comment longe petitum epitheton ["a far-fetched epithet"]." Strabo. Callimachus, Apollonius.  Smith, William...
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    ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora from the continental Southeast Asia. The epitheton paviana does not derive from the similar sounding German word for baboon...
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  • Nosferattus discus is a jumping spider. The epitheton is Latin for "disc" and refers to the shape of the cymbium. N. discus is about 4 mm long, with females...
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  • names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples are "William the Conqueror"...
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