The epithet " Loxias " has historically been associated with λοξός, " ambiguous ".

Wace usually only refers to li roi (" the king ") without naming him, and someone has taken an early mention of Uther's epithet Pendragon as the name of his brother.

Ares may also be accompanied by Kydoimos, the demon of the din of battle ; the Makhai (" Battles "); thev " Hysminai " (" Acts of manslaughter "); Polemos, a minor spirit of war, or only an epithet of Ares, since it has no specific dominion ; and Polemos's daughter, Alala, the goddess or personification of the Greek war-cry, whose name Ares uses as his own war-cry.

The name has been compared to a divine epithet Carnonos in a Celtic inscription written in Greek characters at Montagnac, Hérault ( as καρνονου, karnonou, in the dative case ).

This word has often been employed as an epithet in Eastern European legends ( Sabya Damaskinya or Sablja Dimiskija meaning " Damascene saber "), including the Serbian and Bulgarian legends of Prince Marko, a historical figure of the late 14th century in what is currently the Republic of Macedonia.

This word has been used as an epithet of various Vedic deities, like Varuna, and has been attested in the Holy Rig Veda, possibly the oldest compiled book among the Indo-Europeans.

Lovecraft's style has often been criticised by unsympathetic critics, yet scholars such as S. T. Joshi have shown that Lovecraft consciously utilised a variety of literary devices to form a unique style of his own-these include conscious archaism, prose-poetic techniques combined with essay-form techniques, alliteration, anaphora, crescendo, transferred epithet, metaphor, symbolism and colloquialism.

He appears in folklore as a trickster, and in County Mayo thunderstorms were referred to as battles between Lugh and Balor, so he is sometimes considered a storm god: Alexei Kondratiev notes his epithet lonnbeimnech (" fierce striker ") and concludes that " if his name has any relation to ' light ' it more properly means ' lightning-flash ' ( as in Breton luc ' h and Cornish lughes )".

As the senior synonym, Cuvier's name has precedence, so applying modern rules for the combination of the genus name and the specific epithet, the valid species name became Ptéro-Dactyle antiquus.

The term socialist has also been used by some politicians on the political right as an epithet against certain individuals who do not consider themselves to be socialists, and against policies that are not considered socialist by their proponents.

At times, the term " traitor " has been levelled as a political epithet, regardless of any verifiable treasonable action.

Being an early pioneer next to Rodolphe Töpffer in the art of combining words and pictures to tell often humorous stories in sequential panels, throughout the latter half of the 20th century Busch has become posthumously known in German by the honorary epithet of Großvater der Comics (" Grandfather of Comics ").

The phrase " Uncle Tom " has also become an epithet for a person who is slavish and excessively subservient to perceived authority figures, particularly a black person who behaves in a subservient manner to white people ; or any person perceived to be a participant in the oppression of their own group.

Reynolds also talks about Caesar and his “ Colossus ” epithet, which he points out has its obvious connotations of power and manliness, but also lesser known connotations of an outward glorious front and inward chaos.

" This might indicate that the epithet be applied posthumously by the remaining disciples, but Joan E. Taylor has argued that it was a descriptive name given to Judas by Jesus, since other disciples such as Simon Peter / Cephas ( Kephas

The current Patriarch ( since 1991 ) is Bartholomew I who has become better-known than any of his predecessors in modern times as a result of his numerous pastoral and other visits to numerous countries in five continents and his setting up of a permanent bureau at the EU headquarters, in addition to enhancing the long-established Patriarchal Centre in Pregny-Chambésy, Switzerland and also his ecological pursuits which have won him the epithet of " the Green Patriarch.

In more recent years, however, his name has become an epithet directed towards African-Americans who are accused of selling out to whites.

He was given the disparaging epithet the Drunkard () by the hostile historians of the succeeding Macedonian dynasty, but modern historical research has rehabilitated his reputation to some extent, demonstrating the vital role his reign played in the resurgence of Byzantine power in the 9th century.

It has been suggested that it means the " wrestler " or " struggler " and is an epithet of Heracles, with whom Melqart is identified by interpretatio graeca and referred to as the Tyrian Herakles, but there does not appear to be any traditional connection between Heracles and Palaemon.

In reading the account, the primitive aspect of the cult at Amathus would appear to be much older than the Athenian-sanctioned shrine of Aphrodite, who has assumed Ariadne ( hagne, " sacred ") as an epithet at Amathus.

As with the goddess Moneta, Juno Moneta's name is derived either from the Latin monēre, since, as protectress of funds, she " warned " of instability or more likely from the Greek " moneres " meaning " alone, unique ", an epithet that every mother has.

It has been suggested that he is Nuada under another name, or that his name is an epithet for Nechtan the river god.

John T. Koch has suggested that this Jovian epithet may originally have applied to Taranis, with allusion to the tendency of thunder near an observer to seem all-surrounding.

The phrase has been invoked historically in Europe and other parts of the world as an epithet or rallying cry against abuse of power.

Contrary to the common mainstream academic and popular use of the term, Communist states have sometimes been referred to as " fascist ", typically as an epithet.

At the end of January 1546, Pierre Ameaux, a maker of playing cards who had already been in trouble with the Consistory, attacked Calvin by calling him a " Picard ", an epithet denoting anti-French sentiment, and accused him of false doctrine.

This epithet repeated a comparison that had been made from Smith's earliest career, one that was not intended at the time to be complimentary.

In early Germanic paganism, * Wulþuz (" glory "; Old Norse Ullr ) appears to have been a major god, or an epithet of an important god, in prehistoric times.

They had been engraved with the name " Faunus ", and each also had a different epithet after the god's name.

Iuppiter was associated with Liber through his epithet of Liber ( association not yet been fully explained by scholars, due to the scarcity of early documentation ).

The animals were frequently used as a model organism in the 19th and 20th centuries, resulting in the epithet " guinea pig " for a test subject, but have since been largely replaced by other rodents such as mice and rats.

The epithet Volks-literally, " people's -" had been previously applied to other Nazi sponsored consumer goods such as the Volksempfänger (" people's radio ").

However, it may well be doubted whether Priscus, like Major, were not merely an epithet used to distinguish him from the later Cato of Utica, and there is no precise information as to the date when he first received the title of Cato, which may have been given in childhood as a symbol of distinction.

An epithet of Belenus may have been Vindonnus.

Teutorix has been suggested as an epithet of Belenus as borrowed into Germanic religion.

However, Bleddyn Fardd refers to " Benigeitran " in his elegy for Llywelyn the Last, demonstrating that the epithet " Bendigeit " had been attached to Brân since the late 13th century.

Usage of the epithet came to exceed the original theonym and by the post-Vedic period ( in the Sanskrit Epics ), and the name Rudra has been taken as a synonym for the god Shiva and the two names are used interchangeably.

One phrase of the Rig Veda appears to indicate an epithet that has been attributed to the form of Vishnu as Narasimha.

The literary amplification reveals a confused religious background: different Artemis were conflated under the epithet.

As the artist Mel Bochner suggested as early as 1970, in explaining why he does not like the epithet " conceptual ", it is not always entirely clear what " concept " refers to, and it runs the risk of being confused with " intention.

Scheherazade was identified, confused with, or partly derived from the legendary queen Homāy (), daughter of Bahman, who has the epithet Čehrzād () or Čehrāzād () " she whose appearance is noble ".

The tree is often confused with the much taller ' Horizontalis ' ( Weeping Wych Elm ) owing to both being given the epithet ' Pendula ' at some stage.