eponymous

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
eponymous
    adj 1: being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym
           [syn: {eponymous}, {eponymic}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Eponymous \E*pon"y*mous\, a. [Gr. ?; 'epi` upon, to + ? for ?
   name.]
   Relating to an eponym; giving one's name to a tribe, people,
   country, and the like.
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         What becomes . . . of the Herakleid genealogy of the
         Spartan kings, when it is admitted that eponymous
         persons are to be canceled as fictions?  --Grote.
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