epiteetti — meaning in English
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English meaning
- appellative adj Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
- epithet noun A term used to characterize a person or thing.
Senses
epiteetti is used for these senses in English:
- appellative An epithet.
- epithet A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- epithet A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- epithet (taxonomy) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
appellative — full definition
- adj Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
- adj Of or pertaining to ascribing names.
epithet — full definition
- noun A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- noun A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.
- noun A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- noun One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.