onomasticon
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- noun
- /ˌɒnəˈmæstɪkən/
- Specialized
- The onomasticon is a valuable resource for historians researching ancient names and places.
Examples
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Eusebius also produced an early textual map of the holy places: the Onomasticon (written ca. 300) cross-lists biblical place names with the contemporary Byzantine names.
Academic text (2007) -
I am now working on the latest edition of the Onomasticon Oryctognosiae list of names of rocks and fossils.
Academic text (1993) -
While Onomasticon was intended as an aid to biblical study and not a pilgrim guide, Eusebius's site identifications located biblical events in the landscape of Palestine and ushered in a prolific period during which the Bible was used to identify a great many more holy places, in spite of the fact that it actually provides very few physical descriptions of the sites.
Academic text (2007) -
In his lecture, the professor explained how the onomasticon helps us understand the origins of geographical names.
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Researchers used the onomasticon to compile a comprehensive list of all the significant figures in classical literature.
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Etymology
The word onomasticon comes from the Greek root onoma meaning 'name' and the ending -icon meaning 'a collection' or 'about'. So an onomasticon is a 'collection of names', which is why it refers to a list of people or place names.