“epithets”

*ETYMOLOGY* –>

‘greek’ –>

ἐπίθετον

epitheton

(‘neuter’ of…)

ἐπίθετος

epithetos

“attributed / added”

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*an epithet is a byname (or a ‘descriptive term’) (‘word’ / ‘phrase’), accompanying or occurring in place of a ‘name’ and having entered ‘common usage’*

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(it can be described as a “glorified nickname”)

(it has various ‘shades’ of ‘meaning’ when applied to seemingly ‘real’ or ‘fictitious’ (‘people’ / ‘divinities’ / ‘objects’ / ‘binomial nomenclature’))

(it can also be a ‘descriptive title’)

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(for example…)

“alfred”
(*the ‘great’*)

“suleiman”
*the ‘magnificent’*

“władysław I”
*the ‘elbow-high’*

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(“the spirit is willing but the will is weak…”)

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(in ‘contemporary use’, epithet often refers to an (‘abusive’ / ‘defamatory’ / ‘derogatory’) phrase’)

(such as a ‘racial’ or ‘animal’ epithet)

(this use as a ‘euphemism’ is criticized by ‘martin manser’ + other ‘prescriptive linguists’)

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