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eponymous
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eponymous, a. [Gr. ; 'epi` upon, to + for name.].
Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people, country, and the like. [1913 Webster]
"What becomes . . . of the Herakleid genealogy of the Spartan kings, when it is admitted that eponymous persons are to be canceled as fictions?" [1913 Webster]
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