onomasticon

Meaning

A book, list, or vocabulary of names, especially of people.

Synonyms

data structure

lexicon

list

roster

Translations

قائِمة

llista

Auflistung

Aufstellung

Liste

Verzeichnis

κατάλογος

listage

liste

répertoire

tableau

🖼️

distinta

lista

elencazione

lista

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪ.kən/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀνομαστικόν (onomastikón), neuter form of ὀνομαστικός (onomastikós, “belonging to names”), from ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “I name”), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
The term onomastikón (collection of names, from ὄνομα/ónoma, ‘name’) describes learned works that are not arranged alphabetically but juxtapose synonyms and terms relating to the same semantic field. This principle of ordering is very old (it was already known in Near Eastern culture in the 2nd millennium BC; Lists) and undoubtedly was the most common one up to the Augustan period. Source: Onomastikon — Brill