Word of the Day: Eponymous

by Aug 28, 2019The Dictionary Project: Word of the Day

e-pon-y-mous / əˈpänəməs
 
adjective
 
1.      of or relating to the person or thing for which something is named
The Pulitzer Prize was established when Joseph Pulitzer dies in 1911, leaving a bequest to create the eponymous award.
Nell Scovell, 1960-
 
Etymology
This word was first used as an adjective in 1833. The adjective form borrows from the noun eponym, meaning ‘one whose name becomes that of a place, a people, an era, etc.’ The word has Greek roots in the word eponymos, meaning ‘given as a name, giving one’s name to something.’ There is another form of the adjective,eponymal, which was used in reference to the word eponymos, which was also a title given to certain legal officials in ancient Greece. These magistrates would lend their names to the years in which they held office.

Thank you for including the Dictionary Project in the good work you do in your club.  In my club, we have provided Dictionaries for third-grade students for enough years that now we are having former students help us to present dictionaries each year.  They are often returning to the same classrooms that they were third-grade students.  Teachers plead every year for us to NEVER quit this valuable project.  They tell us that students NEED paper books to learn to read, to learn to do research and to do independent study.  Please send me pictures of your presentations and tell me about your visits to the schools to give dictionaries to the students. To be included in our newsletter you can send me your stories at DG.2019@5630mail.org.

By PDG Scott McLaughlin

District Governor 2019-2020
PDG Scott is currently serving as an Assistant Rotary Public Image Coordinator for Zone 29 (Region 36). Scott is a member of the Paul Harris Society and Major Donor.Scott is a Rotarian in the Kearney Dawn Rotary Club of Kearney, NE

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