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‖ eˈpitheton Obs.
Also 6 apathaton, epithetone, 7 epithiton.
[late L. epitheton, Gr. ἐπίθετον: see epithet n.]
1. What is ascribed to a person; an attribute.
1547Hooper Answ. Bp. Winchester's Bk. Wks. (Parker Soc.) 124 This is properly the Epitheton of God to be of nothing but of himself.
2. = epithet 1 and 2.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1684) III. 621 Alter the Epithethons, and I will subscribe. 1570–87Holinshed Scot. Chron. (1806) II. 361 The rebellious faction (for by that name and epitheton doth Buchanan always term those that took the queens part). 1609Bible (Douay) Ps. cxliv. comm., King, is the proper epitheton of Christ, the Sonne of God. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. v. ii. §4 The worthy Epitheton of King Edgar. c1720Gibson Farrier's Dispens. (1734) 197 His Cordial powder, which he says has not that Epitheton for nought. |