A.apply a word (accus.) as a name to a thing (dat.), ᾧ γένει κέραμον ἐπωνομάκαμεν to which sort we have given the name pottery, Pl.Ti.60d ; “ᾧ τὸ " ἔστιν " ἐπονομάζεις” Id.Tht.185c ; “πᾶσι ταὐτὸν ἐ. ὄνομα” Id.Plt.263c (reversely, τίς Ἀλεξάνδρῳ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον ἐπονομάζει καθάπερ Πλάτωνι; who dedicates his life to A., calls himself an Alexandrist? Them.Or.31.354b):—Pass., τῇ ἀρχῇ ὕβρις ἐπωνομάσθη the name insolence was given to this rule, Pl.Phdr.238a, cf. Cra.404b.
2. call by a name, ἀπὸ τοῦ θεῖν θεοὺς αὐτοὺς ἐπονομάσαι [φαίνονται] ib.397d ; τὰς Μούσας ἀπὸ τοῦ μῶσθαι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο ἐ. called the Muses by this name (viz. Muses), ib.406a ; “ἐ. αὐτὰ τῇ ἐκείνων ἐπωνυμίᾳ” Id.Phd.103b ; with εἶναι pleon., Id.Prm.133d:—Pass., to be named, ἀπό τινος after one, Th.6.2, etc. ; also τινος, to be named the temple of.., E.HF1329, Pl.Lg.738b (but in 626d the gen. depends on ἄξιος) ; “πατρόθεν ἐ.” Id.Ly.204e ; πατρὸς.. δαῖτ᾽ ἐπωνομασμένην, i.e. called after Agamemnon (cf. ἐπώνυμος), S.El.284 ; esp. to be surnamed, Th.2.29 ; “Ἰουδαῖος ἐπονομάζῃ” Ep.Rom.2.17.