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ονόματι
by the name of /o.ˈno.ma.ti/
nounB1#1712 most common
Also: named, in the name of
Example sentences
Έχω έναν φίλο ονόματι Νίκο.
I have a friend named Nikos.
Στο χωριό ζούσε ένας γέρος ονόματι Ανδρέας.
In the village lived an old man named Andreas.
Η αστυνομία αναζητά έναν ύποπτο ονόματι Δημήτρη Παπαδόπουλο.
The police are looking for a suspect named Dimitris Papadopoulos.
Βαπτίστηκε εν ονόματι του Πατρός, του Υιού και του Αγίου Πνεύματος.
He was baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Ο πρέσβης μίλησε εν ονόματι της κυβέρνησής του.
The ambassador spoke in the name of his government.
Η εταιρεία ενήργησε εν ονόματι και για λογαριασμό των πελατών της, όπως προέβλεπε η σύμβαση.
The company acted in the name of, and on behalf of, its clients, as the contract required.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | όνομα | ονόματα |
| Genitive | ονόματος | ονομάτων |
| Accusative | όνομα | ονόματα |
| Vocative | όνομα | ονόματα |
Word family
Etymology
Ονόματι is the dative singular of the ancient noun όνομα, name. Greek lost the dative case in its spoken form by the early medieval period, but the word survives as a fossil in formal and legal phrases. It traces back to a very old Indo-European word for name.
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