- An
epithet (from
Ancient Gr**** ἐπίθετον (
epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional'), also a byname, is a
descriptive term (word or...
- An
epithet (from
Ancient Gr**** ἐπίθετον (
epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional') is a byname, or a
descriptive term (word or phrase)...
- nomenclature, the
specific name (also
specific epithet, species epithet, or
epitheton) is the
second part (the
second name)
within the
scientific name of a...
- Look up epithet, byname, epitets,
Epitheton, or
specific epithet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
epithet is a name. In
taxonomic nomenclature,...
- adjectīvum, a
calque of
Ancient Gr****: ἐπίθετον ὄνομα (surname), romanized:
epítheton ónoma, lit. 'additional noun' (whence also
English epithet). In the grammatical...
- and nēma (νῆμα)
meaning "naked" and "thread", respectively; the
species epitheton sylvestre means "of the forest" in Latin. The
Hindi and Urdu name gurmar...
- 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...
-
Williams comments: "Servius is
justified in his
comment longe petitum epitheton ["a far-fetched epithet"]." Strabo. Callimachus, Apollonius. Smith, William...
-
Nosferattus palmatus is a
jumping spider. The
epitheton palmatus is
Latin for "webbed" and
refers to the
webbed palpal tibia in
dorsal view.
Males are...
-
names which are
appended before or
after the person's name, like the
epitheton necessarium, or
Roman victory titles.
Examples are "William the Conqueror"...
