noun

1. A term used to characterize a person or thing.

2. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.

3. One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.

Synonyms: cognomen

verb

1. To term; to refer to as.

   “He was epitheted "the king of fools".”