- (epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional'), also a
byname, is a
descriptive term (word or phrase)
commonly accompanying or occurring...
- A
toponymic surname or
habitational surname or
byname is a
surname or
byname derived from a
place name,
which included names of
specific locations, such...
- A
coachman is an
employee who
drives a
coach or carriage, or
similar horse-drawn vehicle. A
coachman has also been
called a coachee, coachy, whip, or hackman...
- John V,
sometimes numbered as VI, (24
December 1389 – 29
August 1442)
bynamed John the Wise (Breton: Yann ar Fur ; French: Jean le Sage), was Duke of...
-
either Harold or Henry.
Other monothematic names may have
originated as
bynames rather than
hypocorisms of old
dithematic names;
examples may
include Old...
- cosmographies. In the
earliest sources, the name is Lutīyā, with Balhūt
given as a
byname and Bahamūt as a nickname. Bahamūt is the
spelling given in al-Qazwini (d...
-
medieval Irish literature,
several real and
legendary kings were
given the
byname 'red hand' or 'red handed' to
signify that they were
great warriors. One...
- circulation, and the
bynames were
added onto the name of person, in
order to
distinguish them from
others who bore the same name.
Bynames were particularly...
- Donn is a
given name in the
Irish language. Donn was
originally a
byname,
which had two meanings: one of the
meanings was "brown"; the
other was "chief"...
- chant". "Paeon" was also the name of a
divine physician and an
epithet ("
byname") of Apollo. The
basis of the word παιάν is *παιάϝων." Its
ultimate etymology...
