onomasticon

[ on-uh-mas-ti-kon, -kuhn ]

noun

1. a list or collection of proper names.
2. a list or collection of specialized terms, as those used in a particular field or subject area.

Word History and Origins

Origin of onomasticon¹

1700–10; < Greek onomastikòn ( bíblion ) vocabulary arranged by subjects; onomastic

Example Sentences

Eusebius in his Onomasticon uses it as a central point from which the distances of other towns are measured.

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Cicero had a high opinion of his intellectual powers, and considered him a great orator (see Orelli, Onomasticon Tullianum).

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Eusebius, in his Onomasticon (264-294), places it between Medeba and Dibon.

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We may take as an example the famous Onomasticon of Eusebius and Jerome.

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"Drill" is used in the same sense in Charleton's "Onomasticon Zoicon," 1668.

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