"An epithet (from Greek: \u1F10\u03C0\u03AF\u03B8\u03B5\u03C4\u03BF\u03BD epitheton, neut. of \u1F10\u03C0\u03AF\u03B8\u03B5\u03C4\u03BF\u03C2 epithetos, \"attributed, added\") is a byname, or a descriptive term (word or phrase), accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It can be described as a glorified nickname. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature."@en .