onoma

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónoma, “name”, “noun”). Doublet of nomen.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈo.no.ma/, [ˈɔnɔmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.no.ma/, [ˈɔːnomä]

Noun

onoma n (genitive onomatis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Synonym of nōmen

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	onoma	onomata
genitive	onomatis	onomatum
dative	onomatī	onomatibus
accusative	onoma	onomata
ablative	onomate	onomatibus
vocative	onoma	onomata

References

• onoma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)