Refers to a descriptive word or phrase that modifies a nominal element without an intervening verb. · noun adjunct · epithet (designating or qualifying term, label)
çekim: çoğul épithètes
köken: From Middle French épithète, from Latin epithetum, epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “epithet, adjective”), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “attributed, added”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “in addition”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”)).
köken: Borrowed from Latin epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton), neuter form of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “added”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, to place”).
köken: Borrowed from Latin epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton), neuter form of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “added”), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi, “to add on”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to put, to place”).
epithet (term used to characterize a person or thing) · epithet (abusive or contemptuous word or phrase)
çekim: çoğul epitety · tamlayan epitetu
köken: Borrowed from French épithète, from Middle French épithète, from Latin epitheton, from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos), from ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from ἐπι- (epi-) + τίθημι (títhēmi).
epithet (a term that describes or characterizes figuratively a property of an entity, phenomenon or concept; an artistic qualifier)
çekim: çoğul epiteti · tamlayan epiteta
köken: Via other European languages (e.g., French épithète), ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “adjective”), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “attributed, added”), from ἐπιτιθέναι (epitithénai, “to add on”).