different between onomastic vs onomasticon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????????? (onomastikós).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??.n???mæs.t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.no??mæs.t?k/, /???.n??mæs.t?k/
• Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

onomastic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a personal or place name.
2. Of or relating to onomastics.

Related terms

• onomastician

Derived terms

• onomastics

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French onomastique

Adjective

onomastic m or n (feminine singular onomastic?, masculine plural onomastici, feminine and neuter plural onomastice)

1. onomastic

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (onomastikón), neuter form of ??????????? (onomastikós, “belonging to names”), from ??????? (onomáz?, “I name”), from ????? (ónoma, “name”).

The term onomastikón (collection of names, from ?????/ónoma, ‘name’) describes learned works that are not arranged alphabetically but juxtapose synonyms and terms relating to the same semantic field. This principle of ordering is very old (it was already known in Near Eastern culture in the 2nd millennium BC; Lists) and undoubtedly was the most common one up to the Augustan period. Source: Onomastikon — Brill

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??.n???mæs.t?.k?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.no??mæs.t?k?n/, /???.n??mæs.t?k?n/

Noun

onomasticon (plural onomasticons or onomastica)

1. A book, list, or vocabulary of names, especially of people.

   We looked up the origin of her name in an onomasticon.

Related terms

• onomastic
• onomastics

Translations

References

• NED VII (O, P; 1st ed., 1909), § 1 (O), page 129/1, “?Onoma·sticon”

Anagrams

• monocations