ν-ώνυμ(ν)ος

Ω, ὦ, τό, twenty-fourth and last letter of the Ionic alphabet,

A

ἀπὸ ἄλφα ἕως.ω. Gloss.iii 283

(ix A. D.); thence used as a symbol of the end, the last, ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ (not τὸ ὦ μέγα) Apoc.1.8, al.:—as a numeral ώ = 800, but ωνυμ = 800, 000. The epichoric [dialect] Att. and other alphabets of the Inscrr. had used o in differently to represent the sounds of the later ο and ω : Ω is a differentiated form of ο, and, though usu. = ω, was used in the Ionic islands of Paros, Thasos, and Siphnos with the value ο, while O or O represented the sound ω. The name of the letter was τὸ ὦ (perispom. acc. to Hellad. ap. Phot.p.530B.), cf. Achae.33.3, Pl.Phdr. 244d, Cra. 420b, Tht. 203c: after the loss of the distinction betw. long and short vowels, ο and ω had the same pronunciation; they begin to be confused in Papyri of iii B. C. (

οἰκωνόμου PRev.Laws 50.22

(iii B. C.)), but the name ω μέγα appears first in later Greek, Theognost.Can. 13;

κατὰ σχῆμα διπλοῦ ω ¯ ἤτοι μεγάλου Eust.869.26

;

οἱ δὲ περὶ Ἀρίσταρχον αὐτὸ τὸ ποτήριον ω ¯ μέγα εἶναί φασιν, ὁποῖν ἴσως τὸ κατὰ δύο ῡ ἐσχηματισμένον Id.869.29

; ἐν τῷ ω ¯ μεγάλῳ under omega (in a lexicon), Id.1828.49:

διὰ τοῠ ω ¯ μεγάλου Hdn.Epim. 208

.

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `name' (Il.), gramm. `word' (Att.), as part of speech = nomen (Pl., Arist.; beside ῥῆμα = verbum).

Other forms: ep. (also Hdt.) οὔνομα (metr. length.), Aeol. Dor. ὄνυμα; Dor. also ἔνυμα in Ένυμα-κρατίδας, Ένυμαντιάδας (Lac.)?

Compounds: Compp., e.g. ὀνομά-κλυτος `with a famous name' (Χ 51; Schwyzer 440), ἐξ-ονομα-κλήδην, s. v.; ὀνοματο-ποιέω `to give a name, to name' (Arist.), after other compp. with - ποιέω ( ὀνοματο-ποιός Ath., Zos. Alch., - ποιία Str.; cf. Schwyzer 726); ἀν-ώνυμος (θ 552; comp. length.), ν-ώνυμ(ν)ος (ep.; s. below) `nameless'.

Derivatives: A. Nouns: 1. Dimin. ὀνομάτιον (Arr., Longin.); 2. Adj. ὀνοματ-ώδης `of the nature of a name, concerning the name' (Arist.), - ικός `belonging to the ὄνομα' (D. H.). B. Verbs: 1. ὀνο-μαίνω, almost only aor. ὀνομῆναι, also w. ἐξ-, (mostly ep. Il.), fut. ο(ὑ)νομανέω (Hdt.), pres. (Dor.) ὀνυμαίνω (Gortyn, Ti. Locr.) `to call, to proclaim'. 2. ὀνομάζω, Dor. Aeol. ὀνυμάζω, aor. ὀνομάσαι, ὀνυμάξαι, often w. prefix, e.g. ἐξ-, ἐπ-, κατ-, παρ-, μετ-, `to call (by the name), to name, to enunciate' (cf. Jacobsohn KZ 62, 132 ff.) with ὀνομασία f. `name, expression' (Hippias Soph., Pl., Arist.), ὀνομαστής m. = Lat. nominator (pap. III <sup>p</sup>), ὀνομ-αστί (- εί) `namely, by name' (IA.; Schwyzer 623), - αστικός `serving for, belonging to naming' (Pl.; Chantraine Études 132), ἡ -ικη(πτῶσις) `casus nominativus' (Str., gramm.). 3. ὀνοματίζω 'dispute about names' (Gal.), - ισμός m. `list of names' (inscr. Thess.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [321] *h₃neh₃m-n̥, * h₃nh₃m-n- `name'

Etymology: Old word for `name', with Arm. anun \< * onomn- \< * anomn- (with o \> u before m) to be immediately compared; anun can be both * h₃nh₃mn and * h₃neh₃mn; the Greek word must have zero grade, * h₃nh₃mn. Also Phrygian ονομαν may have ο- from * h₃- (Kortlandt SCauc. 7(1987)63). The e elsewhere has diff. origin; Alb. emër (Geg.), êmën (Tosc.) may be a loan from Latin nōmen; for OPr. emmens m. see below on Slavic; the Greek ἐ- is not well explained, but it may be due to dissim. against the following o \< h₃; cf. below on Tocharian; the Greek u-vowel, also in ὄνυμα, ἀνώνυ-μος a.o., is due to assimilation (cf. Schwyzer 352 with several hypotheses). The other languages have one of the two ablaut-grades: Lat. nōmen = Skt. nā́ma, IE *h₃neh₃mn̥, Germ., e.g. Goth. namo n., IE * nh₃mōn-; OFr. nōmia, MHG be-nuomen, Dutch be-noemen (which is an every-day word) have * h₃neh₃m- again (Beekes, Sprache 33 (1987) 1ff. Diff. again Slav., e.g. OCS imę (\< *h₃n̥h₃m-), Celt., e.g. OIr. ainm (from * anmen- \< *h₃n̥m-), Toch. B ñem, A ñom (from *nēm-with h₁ from dissim. of the second h₃?; s. v. Windekens Orbis 11,607 w. lit.). Most complicated is Anatolian: Hitt. lāman- n. (\< * h₃neh₃m- like Latin), with l- from dissim. and loss of the h₃-; lamnii̯a- `name' from * h₃nh₃m-; but Hier. Luw. adama(n)-za with a- from h₃. With ὀνομαίνω agree in formation Germ., e.g. Goth. namnjan `name', Hitt. lamnii̯a- `id.' (cf. also Schwyzer Mél. Pedersen 65 on ὀνομ-αίνω, - άζω). The orig. n-stem still clearly seen in νώνυμν-ος \< *n̥-h₃nh₃mn-; younger is ἀνὼνυμος. -- Details from several languages w. lit. in WP. 1, 132, Pok. 321, W.-Hofmann and Ernout-Meillet s. nōmen, Mayrhofer s. nā́ma, Vasmer s. ímja etc. Cf. on ὄνομαι.

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