Ho-mŏn'y-mōus, a.

a. [Gr. ὁμώνυμος, from ὁμός, the same, and ὄνομα, Æolic ὄνυμα, name; Lat. homonymus, Fr. homonyme, Sp. homonimo, It. omonimo.] Having different significations, or applied to different things; equivocal; ambiguous. Witts.