Also 9 eponomy. [ad. Gr. ἐπωνυμία, f. ἐπώνυμος: see EPONYM.]

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  1.  a. = EPONYMISM. b. Eponymic nomenclature.

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1865.  M‘Lennan, Prim. Marriage, vii. 150. The universal tendency of rude races to eponomy.

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1880.  Athenæum, 2 Oct., 425/3. Known … after the fashion of eponymy so prevalent among Asiatic nomads, as Nogais or Nogai Tartars.

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  2.  The year of office of an (Assyrian) eponym.

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1875.  G. Smith, Assyrian Eponym Canon, 193. The earlier and correct Text … has the eponymy of Assur-banai-uzur two years earlier.

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1883.  I. Taylor, Alphabet, I. 254. The first is dated in the eponymy of Sin-sarra-uzur.

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