epithet
/ˈepəˌθet/EH-puh-thet
/ˈɛpəˌθɛt/EH-puh-thet
Meaningsomething placed on
Common meaning: a descriptive word or phrase added to a name
- epiupon; in addition
- thetto set, placeLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 363 · scan
‘upon’ + ‘to set, place’ → epithet
Journey through time
- Greekτίθημι; θέσις‘to set, place’
- Latinepitheton
- Englishepithet‘a descriptive word or phrase added to a name’ · today
epi- also in: episodeepistleepitaphepitomeepigraph
thet also in: thesissynthesisantithesishypothesisphotosynthesis
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek τίθημι; θέσις ‘to set, place’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry τίθημι, p. 363 · dictionary scan
Roots
- τίθημι; θέσις Greek “to set, place”
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