How do you use Onomasticon in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Onomasticon in a sentence
Onomasticon meaning
A book, list, or vocabulary of names, especially of people.
Synonyms of Onomasticon
Using Onomasticon
- The main meaning on this page is: A book, list, or vocabulary of names, especially of people.
- Useful related words include: wordbook.
- In the example corpus, onomasticon often appears in combinations such as: the onomasticon.
Context around Onomasticon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Onomasticon
- In this selection, "onomasticon" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, eusebius, barnes, eusebius and 413 stand out and add context to how "onomasticon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include barnes onomasticon 413 eusebius and in the onomasticon of amenope. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "onomasticon" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with onomasticon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Onomasticon by Eusebius of Caesarea, translated by Greville Freeman-Grenville, and indexed by Rupert Chapman III (Jerusalem: Carta, 2003). (20 words)
Onomasticon Eusebius' Onomasticon (more properly On the Place-Names in the Holy Scripture, Περὶ τῶν τοπικῶν ὀνομάτων τῶν ἐν τῇ Θείᾳ Γραφῇ in Greek. (24 words)
The Onomasticon has traditionally been dated before 324, on the basis of its sparse references to Christianity, and complete absence of remarks on Constantine's buildings in the Holy Land. (30 words)
The only mention in an Egyptian source of the Peleset in conjunction with any of the five cities that are said in the Bible to have made up the Philistine pentapolis comes in the Onomasticon of Amenope. (37 words)
Barnes, "Onomasticon", 413. Eusebius references to the encampment of the Legio X Fretensis at Aila (in southern Israel, near modern Aqaba and Eilat ); the X Fretensis was probably transferred from Jerusalem to Aila under Diocletian. (35 words)
The Onomasticon has traditionally been dated before 324, on the basis of its sparse references to Christianity, and complete absence of remarks on Constantine's buildings in the Holy Land. (30 words)
Example sentences (5)
Onomasticon Eusebius' Onomasticon (more properly On the Place-Names in the Holy Scripture, Περὶ τῶν τοπικῶν ὀνομάτων τῶν ἐν τῇ Θείᾳ Γραφῇ in Greek.
Barnes, "Onomasticon", 413. Eusebius references to the encampment of the Legio X Fretensis at Aila (in southern Israel, near modern Aqaba and Eilat ); the X Fretensis was probably transferred from Jerusalem to Aila under Diocletian.
The only mention in an Egyptian source of the Peleset in conjunction with any of the five cities that are said in the Bible to have made up the Philistine pentapolis comes in the Onomasticon of Amenope.
The Onomasticon by Eusebius of Caesarea, translated by Greville Freeman-Grenville, and indexed by Rupert Chapman III (Jerusalem: Carta, 2003).
The Onomasticon has traditionally been dated before 324, on the basis of its sparse references to Christianity, and complete absence of remarks on Constantine's buildings in the Holy Land.
Common combinations with onomasticon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: