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Look up: onomasticon

  1. onomasticon
    [n] - a list of proper nouns naming persons or places
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Onomasticon
    On`o·mas'ti·con noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... (sc....), from .... See Onomastic .] A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/20

  3. onomasticon
    A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif, a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. (sc), fr. See Onomastic. ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. onomasticon
    noun a list of proper nouns naming persons or places
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Onomasticon
    • (n.) A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specif., a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. Onomasticon
    (from the article `theatre`) ...spectators. Detailed literary accounts of theatre and scenery in ancient Greece can be found in De architectura libri decem, by the 1st-century- ... ...customary mood. The masks were made of linen, cork, or wood and were skillfully carved and painted. Their funnel-shaped mouths are thought to have ... ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/o/21

  7. onomasticon
    onomasticon 1. A dictionary or vocabulary of proper names.2. A collection of names and terms; a dictionary; specifically, a collection of Greek names, with explanatory notes, made by Julius Pollux about A.D.180.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. Onomasticon
    An onomasticon is an alphabetical list, lexicon or dictionary of the proper names of people, such as a book of 'babies names'. The original onomasticon was written around 180 AD by Julius Pollux and described Greek names.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

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