epitets
“epitets” is a Latvian word. Its meaning in English:
noun
- epithet (a term that describes or characterizes figuratively a property of an entity, phenomenon or concept; an artistic qualifier)
Etymology
Via other European languages (e.g., French épithète), ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton, “adjective”), the neuter of ἐπίθετος (epíthetos, “attributed, added”), from ἐπιτιθέναι (epitithénai, “to add on”).
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