ὄνομα, Aeol. and Dor. ὄνῠμαIG12(2).68.8 (Lesb.), GDI4992a iii 7 (Crete), SIG1122.8(Selinus), Berl.Sitzb.1927.167 (Cyrene); Lacon. ἔνυμα prob. in pr. nn. ἘνυμακρατίδασIG5(1).213.45, Ἐνυμαντιάδασ ib.97.20, 280.2; poet. also (metri gr.) οὔνομα (v.infr.), which appears regularly in codd. of Hdt. (along with ὀνομάζω, as 2.50, 4.35, al.), and sts. in other Ion. prose authors (v.l. in Hp.Prog.25, etc.), but is prob. not Ionic; Ion. Inscrr. have only ὄνομα,IG7.235.39 (Oropus), etc.: Hom. has οὔνομαOd.6.194, 9.355, Il.3.235, οὐνόματ'α 17.260, ὄνομαOd.9.16, 364, 366, 19.183, ὄνομ'α 4.710 et saep.:—
name
of a person or thing, in Hom. always of a person, exc. ἐρέω δέ τοι οὔνομα λαῶνOd.6.194 and in Od.13.248 (v. infr. II); Οὖτις ἐμοί γ' ὄ. 9.366, cf. 18.5,19.183,247; Ἀρήτη δ' ὄνομ' ἐστὶν ἐπώνυμον 7.54, cf. 19.409, Hes.Th.144: in Prose ὄνομα is used abs.,
Ath.6.240c; τῶν δι' ὀνόματος παρασίτων ib.241a. III.
a name and nothing else,
opp. the real person or thing, ἵνα μηδ' ὄνομ' αὐτοῦ ἐν ἀνθρώποισι λίπηταιOd.4.710; βοᾶς δ' ἔτι μηδ' ὄνομ' εἴηTheoc. 16.97; opp. ἔργον,E.Or.454, Hipp.502; περὶ ὄ. μάχεσθαιLys.33.3; ἐκ τῶν ὀ. μᾶλλον ἢ τῶν πραγμάτων σκέψασθαιD.9.15; ὀνόματι διαφέρεσθαι dispute about a
word,
Pl.Euthd.285a, Lg.644a. 2.
false name, pretence, pretext,
ὀνόματι ἐννόμῳ ξυμμαχίασ under the
pretence ..,
Th.4.60; μετ' ὀνομάτων καλῶνId.5.89; χώρα καλῶν ὀ. καὶ προσχημάτων μεστήPl.R.495c, cf. Plb.11.5.4. IV. in periphr. phrases, ὄ. τῆς σωτηρίας, = σωτηρία, E.IT905, cf. ὄνομ' ὁμιλίας ἐμῆσ (v. l. for ὄμμ') Id.Or.1082: with the names of persons, periphr. for the person, ὦ φίλτατον ὄ. ΠολυνείκουσId.Ph.1702. 2. of persons, ὄχλος ὀνομάτωνAct.Ap.1.15; ἕτερα ὀ. ἀντ' αὐτοῦ ..πέμψαι Wilcken Chr.28.19 (ii A. D.); in Accountancy, both of persons and things (cf. Lat.
nomen
), Hyp.Ath.6, 10 (both pl.), Jahresh.26 Beibl.13 (Ephes., ii A. D., pl.); βαρέσαι τὸ ἐμὸν ὄ. charge my
account,
POxy.126.8 (vi A. D.); τὸν τόκον τὸν ὀνόματί μου παραγραφέντα ib.513.22 (ii A. D.); in registers of titledeeds, etc., οἰκίας οὐ κειμένης ἐν ὀνόματι τῆς ἀποδομένησ not booked under the
name
of the seller, PLips.3 ii 25 (iii A. D.); ὀνόματι ἰδιωτικῆσ under the
head
of private land, PCair.Preis.47.10 (iv A. D.); δικαιώματα ..ἑκάστῳ ὀνόματι παράκειταιBGU113.11(ii A. D.); in tax-receipts, ἔσχον ὀνόματος Σομτοῦσ on
account
of S., Ostr.Bodl. ii 39 (ii A. D.), cf. PFay.85.7 (iii A. D.), etc. V.
phrase, expression,
esp. of technical terms, ὀ. τὰ ἐν τῇ ναυτικῇX.Ath.1.19: generally, D.19.187. VI. Gramm.,
opp. ῥῆμα (verb, predicate), Pl.Tht.168b, Sph.262a, 262b, cf. Arist.Po.1457a10, Int.16a19, al.; as one of five parts of speech, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.45; ὄ. κύριον a proper
name,
opp. προσηγορικόν,D.T.636.16, A.D.Pron.26.12, al. (so ὄ. alone, Ar.Nu.681 sqq., Diog.Bab.Stoic.3.213); also of adjectives, S.E.M.1.222. (Cf. Goth.