Onomasticon - Onomasticon

Japanese: 《オノマスティコン》 - おのますてぃこん

...Among the similar works, the Beitang Shusho and the Hanyuan are written with the fu in mind, and can be said to have been supplemented with notes. In ancient Western Europe, there was a genre called onomasticon, which listed the names of things. This could be called the study of famous things or the study of lists, and examples of works can be found in the ancient Book of Genesis, but it differs from China in that it was a temporary phenomenon (famous things). ...

From [Polydeukes]

…In the favor of the Roman Emperor Commodus, he was appointed professor of rhetoric at the Academy of Athens in about 178, a position he held until his death. He compiled a ten-volume dictionary, the Onomasticon. The only copy that survives is an incomplete, heavily annotated abridgement owned by Aretas, Archbishop of Caesarea, about 900. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…類書のなかの《北堂書鈔》や《翰苑》は，賦を意識して本文をつづり，これに注を付したものといえる。なお西欧の古代には，事物の名前を列挙するオノマスティコンonomasticonと呼ばれるジャンルがあった。名物学あるいは一覧表の学と称すべきもので，古く《創世記》のなかからも作品の例証を拾うことができるが，一時期の現象にとどまったところが，中国と異なる(名物)。…