eponym
n. 名字被用于命名地方(或机构)的人 [医] 人名名词(由人名而来的名词)
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A person who gave or supposedly gave their name to a people, place, institution, etc.
The Greeks and Romans tended to credit nearly every location and ethnicity to a legendary eponym, Hellas to Hellen, Rome to Romulus, Egypt to Aegyptus, etc.
Similar to the Greek eponymous archons and Roman consuls, the names of the annually appointed Assyrian limus were used for their years in office and they are accordingly also known as eponyms.
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Something that is named after a person.
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A name taken from a person, a namesake toponym, term, etc.
Alexandria is an eponym, taken from its founder Alexander the Great.
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A name or term derived from any proper noun, inclusive of places, brands, etc.
"Tangerine" is an eponym in reference to Tangier... The unflattering eponym "shanghai" derived from the behavior of American shippers, not the Chinese themselves...
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Synonym of epitome, a person taken as a symbol or quintessential representative of some trait, school, etc.
古体Rockefeller became the very eponym of wealth.
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Synonym of epithet, a distinguishing title.
古体It was only posthumously that Julian was distinguished with the eponym "Apostate".
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From Latin eponymus, from Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnŭmos), from ἐπί (epí, “upon, epi-”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming adjectives and nouns). Equivalent to epi- + -nym.
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