An epithet (from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional'), also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or...

nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a...

An epithet (from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional') is a byname, or a descriptive term (word or phrase)...

Look up epithet, byname, epitets, Epitheton, or specific epithet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An epithet is a name. In taxonomic nomenclature,...

Lefkada is connected to the greek mainland via a floating bridge The epitheton leucasi refers to Lefkada (or Leukas), the island the species has primarily...

names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples are "William the Conqueror"...

and nēma (νῆμα) meaning "naked" and "thread", respectively; the species epitheton sylvestre means "of the forest" in Latin. The Hindi and Urdu name gurmar...

adjectīvum, a calque of Ancient Greek: ἐπίθετον ὄνομα (surname), romanized: epítheton ónoma, lit. 'additional noun' (whence also English epithet). In the grammatical...

Qurʾānic hapax (Q 76:13), usually glossed as referring to extreme cold. The epitheton ornans aṣ-ṣamad (الصَّمَد – the One besought) is a Qurʾānic hapax (Q 112:2)...

ray-finned fish in the genus Rasbora from the continental Southeast Asia. The epitheton paviana does not derive from the similar sounding German word for baboon...

nant) "deep valley with a stream/river"), and Dobnoredo seems to be an epitheton of Gobano, maybe composed of dubno- "world" (Old Irish dumhan (Modern...

generic name is derived from Mapudungun pitekun, meaning "to discover", the epitheton honours the discoverer, oil company explorer Luis Macaya, who found the...

Williams comments: "Servius is justified in his comment longe petitum epitheton ["a far-fetched epithet"]." Strabo. Callimachus, Apollonius.  Smith, William...

pharaohs to rule over an unwavering world full of order and harmony: the epitheton of the Horus name of King Sekhemib, Per-en-ma'at (meaning "he who achieves...

Poet of Poets or The Poet of Poets is an epitheton ornans regularly used for a number of poets, including: Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), sometimes...

Nosferattus discus is a jumping spider. The epitheton is Latin for "disc" and refers to the shape of the cymbium. N. discus is about 4 mm long, with females...

British botanist Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767–1833), while the species epitheton retusa derives from Latin and refers to the "retused" leaf-shape. A distinctive...

British botanist Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767–1833), while the species epitheton mucronata ("pointy") derives from Latin and refers to the pointed leaf-shape...

The word appears in the Odyssey and in the Homeric hymn to Apollo as an epitheton of Helios. Opinions as to what form exactly is reflected by this type...

species, Diomedea refers to Diomedes, whose companions turned to birds. The epitheton dabbenena refers to Roberto Dabbene, Italian-Argentine ornithologist....

Kaax, the god of the woods, the wild nature, and the hunt. The species epitheton, pescaderoense is named after Pescadero Basin. "Virus Taxonomy: 2022 Release"...

’iddir) is both "great, powerful, mighty", and "large"; it is a common epitheton of Baal (Ba‘al Addir). In Deuteronomy 3:11 Og is called the last of the...

Sciences. João de Loureiro has numerous species dedicated to him by the epitheton "loureiroi" , mostly plants but also a dinosaur Draconyx loureiroi in...

Nosferattus ciliatus is a jumping spider. The epitheton ("ciliated") refers to the ventral edge of the cymbium. The males are about 3mm long, with a yellow...

British botanist Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767–1833), while the species epitheton mirabilis derives from Latin and means "wonderful". Haworthia mirabilias...

Sobasina paradoxa is a jumping spider. The epitheton paradoxa is based on the unusual body form, compared with other Sobasina species. Sobasina paradoxa...

Nosferattus aegis is a jumping spider. The epitheton is Latin for "shield" and refers to the shape of the cymbium. N. aegis is about 4 mm long, with females...

Soter) (note that Athena's Greek epitheton in line 2, "Soteira", Protectress, is the female equivalent of Ptolemy's epitheton "Soter"). The victory referred...

gueinzii is an evergreen scandent shrub in the family Rubiaceae. The species epitheton is named after Wilhelm Gueinzius, a German naturalist who collected plants...

species he collected after him. These species can be recognized by the epitheton “Buergerianum” or “Burgeri(i)”, such as: “burgerianum” 19 distinct (i...