epitheton

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin epitheton. Doublet of epithet. === Noun === epitheton (plural epithetons or epitheta) (archaic, rare) An epithet, an attribute of a person or thing. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:epitheton. ==== Further reading ==== “epitheton, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “epitheton, n.”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to XII), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 1977, column 3. == Dutch == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eːˈpi.teː.tɔn/ Hyphenation: epi‧the‧ton === Noun === epitheton n (plural epitheta, no diminutive) epithet (term used to characterise someone or something) epithet (term used as a descriptive substitute) (taxonomy) epithet ==== Derived terms ==== epitheton ornans == Latin == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈpɪ.tʰɛ.tɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈpiː.te.ton] Hyphenation: e‧pi‧the‧ton === Noun === epitheton n (genitive epithetī); second declension epithet ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type). === References === “epitheton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press