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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A name, as of a people, country, and the like, derived from that of an individual.</def>

<h1>Eponymic</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`o*nym"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Eponymous</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Tablets . . . which bear <b>eponymic</b> dates. <i>I. Taylor (The Alphabet).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eponymist</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pon"y*mist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One from whom a race, tribe, city, or the like, took its name; an eponym.</def>

<h1>Eponymous</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pon"y*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ upon, to + <?/ for <?/ name.]</ety> <def>Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like.</def>

<blockquote>What becomes . . . of the Herakleid genealogy of the Spartan kings, when it is admitted that <b>eponymous</b> persons are to be canceled as fictions? <i>Grote.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Eponymy</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pon"y*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a surname given after some person or thing.]</ety> <def>The derivation of the name of a race, tribe, etc., from that of a fabulous hero, progenitor, etc.</def>

<h1>Epo\'94phoron</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`o*\'94ph"o*ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., from Gr. <?/ upon + <?/ egg + <?/ to bear.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>See <er>Parovarium</er>.</def>

<h1>Epopee, Epop</ia</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw><hw>Ep"o*pee`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ep`o*p<?/"ia</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>\'82pop\'82e</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ song + <?/ to make. See <er>Epos</er>.]</ety> <def>An epic poem; epic poetry.</def>

<h1>Epopt</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep"opt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ one initiated into the Eleusinian mysteries.]</ety> <def>One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system.</def>

<i>Carlyle.</i>

<h1>Epos</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep"os</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>An epic.</def>

<h1>Epotation</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`o*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>epotare</ets>, <ets>epotatum</ets>, to drink; <ets>e</ets> out + <ets>potare</ets> to drink.]</ety> <def>A drinking up; a quaffing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1></prouvette</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw><?/`prou`vette"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Gun.)</fld> <def>An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder.</def>

<h1>Epsomite</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep"som*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt.</def>

<h1>Epsom salts &or; salt</h1> <Xpage=503>