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An epithet (, ), also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing. It is usually literally descriptive, as in Alexander the Great, Suleiman the Magnificent, Richard the Lionheart, and Ladislaus the Short, or allusive, as in Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror, Æthelred the Unready, Mehmed the Conqueror, and Bloody Mary.
An epithet is a descriptive word or phrase that regularly accompanies or replaces the name of a person, place, or thing—like "the Great" in Alexander the Great or "the Conqueror" in William the Conqueror. These descriptions can be literally descriptive of someone's characteristics or achievements, or they can be more indirect references that have become associated with a particular figure throughout history.
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Epíteto (em grego clássico: ἐπίθετ-ος, ον; romaniz.: epítheton – trad.: “acrescido, posto ao lado”) é um substantivo, adjetivo ou expressão que se associa a um nome para qualificá-lo. Pode ser aplicado a pessoas, divindades, objetos ou, na taxonomia dos seres vivos, para designar a espécie ou gênero de um vegetal ou animal, respectivamente, epíteto específico e epíteto genérico.
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