Namely, 123

NAMELY

eponyms (EP-uh-nimz)

words based on or derived from a person's name.

First Known Use: mid-19^th century

“What’s in a Name?”

Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, 2.2­

123: sirenic: melodious, tempting, or alluring (from the mythical Sirens, depicted in The Odyssey, whose seductive singing causes sailors to wreck their vessels; first known use, late 17^th century)

I’ve loved her sweet sirenic voice—

And once I heard it? Had no choice.

I steered my ship right for the rocks—

And later on, I heard, the hawks

Were picking at my ruined bones

Right there among those many stones.

So in the Underworld my sighs

Are for those vile sirenic lies.