proper nounŎnŏmastusONOMASTVS☆ KeepMeaninga Roman surnameLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879ONOMASTUSLEWIS & SHORTONOMASTUSŎnŏmastus, i, m., and -a, ae, f., = Ὀνομαστός, -ή, I. a Roman surname, Liv. 39, 34; 40, 8; Tac. H. 1, 25; 1, 27; Inscr. Murat. 1144, 1; Inscr. Fabr. p. 751, n. 587.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyOnomastusOnomastus (Ὀνόμαστος,) a confidential officer of Philip V. of Macedon, for whom he held the government of the sea-coast of Thrace, and whose instrumen…