Chapter 33

All those things are multinominal which have the same definition but differ in name. In other words, a thing is multinominal when this same thing is called by several names. Such, for example, would be sword, blade, broadsword, rapier, claymore. For all these names admit of one definition, namely, a double-edged piece of steel, that is, a piece of steel sharpened on both edges. Multinominals are described as follows: several names applied to one thing.

[19] {Περὶ πολυωνύμων.} Πολυώνυμα δέ εἰσιν, ὅσα τῷ μὲν ὁρισμῷ κοινωνοῦσι, τῷ δὲ ὀνόματι διαφέρουσιν, ἤγουν ὅτε τὸ αὐτὸ πρᾶγμα πολλοῖς καλεῖται ὀνόμασιν οἷον φάσγανον, ἄορ, σπάθη, μάχαιρα, ξίφος: πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα ἕνα ὅρον ἐπιδέχονται, ἤγουν σίδηρος ἀμφήκης τουτέστιν σίδηρος ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἠκονημένος. Ὑπογράφουσι δὲ τὰ πολυώνυμα οὕτω: Πλεῖστα ὀνόματα καθ' ἑνὸς κυρίου λεγόμενα.