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Epithet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An epithet (from Greek ἐπίθετον - epitheton , neut. of ἐπίθετος - epithetos , "attributed, added") is a descriptive word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person ...
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"Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness."; (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) ... "In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters."; (Paul Gauguin)
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Epithet - Definition of Epithet at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Epithet. Look it up now! ... any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality: “Richard the Lion-Hearted” is an epithet of Richard I.
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Epithets in Homer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aa characteristic of Homer's style is the use of epithets, as in "rosy-fingered" dawn or "swift-footed" Achilles. These epithets were metric stop-gaps as well as mnemonic devices for the aoidos (sin...
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An epithet is a word which makes the reader see the object described in a clearer or sharper light. It is both exact and imaginative. ...
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An epithet is also an identifying phrase which substitutes for a noun, such as Pope's reference to scissors as "the fatal engine" in his mock-epic "The Rape of the Lock" (1714)
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In Cannabis sativa the word sativa is a specific epithet. ... In Festuca ovina subsp. guestphalica the word guestphalica is an infraspecific epithet ... Part of this process was the elaboration of new terms for the Jew, especially the increasingly popular epithet “kike”.
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An Homeric Epithet is a mnemonic device used in the Iliad and the Odyssey that helped the poet (Homer) make his words suit his meter. ... Usually called an epithet or an Homeric epithet, but sometimes called an Homeric epitaph, it is one of the most noticeable features of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Epithet comes from the...
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LINGUISTICSIn Linguistics an epithet is often Metaphor ic, essentially a reduced or condensed Appositive . Epithets are sometimes attached to a persons name, as what might be described as a glorified nickname. Not every adjective is an epithet, even worn Cliché ... Not every adjective is an epithet, even worn Cliché...
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