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- An epithet (from Ancient Gr**** ἐπίθετον (epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional'), also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or...
- nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a...
- An epithet (from Ancient Gr**** ἐπίθετον (epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional') is a byname, or a descriptive term (word or phrase)...
- names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples are "William the Conqueror"...
- and nēma (νῆμα) meaning "naked" and "thread", respectively; the species epitheton sylvestre means "of the forest" in Latin. The Hindi and Urdu name gurmar...
- generic name is derived from Mapudungun pitekun, meaning "to discover", the epitheton honours the discoverer, oil company explorer Luis Macaya, who found the...
- adjectīvum, a calque of Ancient Gr****: ἐπίθετον ὄνομα (surname), romanized: epítheton ónoma, lit. 'additional noun' (whence also English epithet). In the grammatical...
- Look up epithet, byname, epitets, Epitheton, or specific epithet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An epithet is a name. In taxonomic nomenclature,...
- Williams comments: "Servius is justified in his comment longe petitum epitheton ["a far-fetched epithet"]." Strabo. Callimachus, Apollonius.  Smith, William...
- Poet of Poets or The Poet of Poets is an epitheton ornans regularly used for a number of poets, including: Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), sometimes...