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Eponymy

noun
1.
The derivation of a general name from that of a famous person.





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... before Nabu-zer-kenish-lishir, the deputy hazanu of Nineveh. Restitution, bull for bull, was imposed on the defendant, who meantime was held for the fine. "On the day that he shall have made good the value of the bull he shall go free." Dated the 12th of Elul. Eponymy of ...
— Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters • C. H. W. Johns


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