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εὐφημέω

ε-contract Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐφημέω

Structure: εὐφημέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: eu)/fhmos

Sense

  1. to use words of good omen
  2. to avoid all unlucky words, male ominatis parcere verbis, to keep a religious silence, hush! be still!
  3. to shout in praise or honour of, in triumph
  4. to honour by praise, speak well of
  5. to sound triumphantly

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular εὐφημῶ εὐφημεῖς εὐφημεῖ
Dual εὐφημεῖτον εὐφημεῖτον
Plural εὐφημοῦμεν εὐφημεῖτε εὐφημοῦσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular εὐφημῶ εὐφημῇς εὐφημῇ
Dual εὐφημῆτον εὐφημῆτον
Plural εὐφημῶμεν εὐφημῆτε εὐφημῶσιν*
OptativeSingular εὐφημοῖμι εὐφημοῖς εὐφημοῖ
Dual εὐφημοῖτον εὐφημοίτην
Plural εὐφημοῖμεν εὐφημοῖτε εὐφημοῖεν
ImperativeSingular εὐφήμει εὐφημείτω
Dual εὐφημεῖτον εὐφημείτων
Plural εὐφημεῖτε εὐφημούντων, εὐφημείτωσαν
Infinitive εὐφημεῖν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
εὐφημων εὐφημουντος εὐφημουσα εὐφημουσης εὐφημουν εὐφημουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular εὐφημοῦμαι εὐφημεῖ, εὐφημῇ εὐφημεῖται
Dual εὐφημεῖσθον εὐφημεῖσθον
Plural εὐφημούμεθα εὐφημεῖσθε εὐφημοῦνται
SubjunctiveSingular εὐφημῶμαι εὐφημῇ εὐφημῆται
Dual εὐφημῆσθον εὐφημῆσθον
Plural εὐφημώμεθα εὐφημῆσθε εὐφημῶνται
OptativeSingular εὐφημοίμην εὐφημοῖο εὐφημοῖτο
Dual εὐφημοῖσθον εὐφημοίσθην
Plural εὐφημοίμεθα εὐφημοῖσθε εὐφημοῖντο
ImperativeSingular εὐφημοῦ εὐφημείσθω
Dual εὐφημεῖσθον εὐφημείσθων
Plural εὐφημεῖσθε εὐφημείσθων, εὐφημείσθωσαν
Infinitive εὐφημεῖσθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
εὐφημουμενος εὐφημουμενου εὐφημουμενη εὐφημουμενης εὐφημουμενον εὐφημουμενου

Imperfect tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ηὐφήμουν ηὐφήμεις ηὐφήμειν*
Dual ηὐφημεῖτον ηὐφημείτην
Plural ηὐφημοῦμεν ηὐφημεῖτε ηὐφήμουν
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ηὐφημούμην ηὐφημοῦ ηὐφημεῖτο
Dual ηὐφημεῖσθον ηὐφημείσθην
Plural ηὐφημούμεθα ηὐφημεῖσθε ηὐφημοῦντο

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὗτοσ ἀκριβὴσ ὁρ́οσ τῶν ἐμῶν, οὐδὲν ἀμφίδοξον ἔτι οὐδ̓ ὡσ ἄν τισ ἐνδοιάσειεν, ἀλλ̓ ἢ ἄριστον κατὰ παιδείαν δεήσει νομίζεσθαι, σοί γε δόξαν, ἢ πάντων ‐ εὐφημεῖν δὲ χρὴ πρὸσ οὕτω μεγαν ἀγῶνα χωροῦντα. (Lucian, Harmonides 11:4)
  • εὐφήμει, ἄνθρωπε. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 12:20)
  • τούτοισ χρὴ πειθομένουσ, καθάπερ ἐπ̓ ἄλλῳ τῳ ἔργῳ, οὕτω δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ θήρᾳ ἄρχεσθαί τε ἀπὸ θεῶν καὶ χαριστήρια θύειν εὖ πράξαντασ καὶ σπένδειν καὶ εὐφημεῖν καὶ στεφανοῦν καὶ ὑμνεῖν καὶ ἀπαρχὰσ τῶν ἁλισκομένων ἀνατιθέναι, οὐ μεῖον ἣ ἐπὶ νίκῃ πολέμου ἀκροθίνια. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 36 4:1)
  • Εὐφήμει, ἦ δ̓ ὅσ, ἐκείνῳ τὰ μέγιστα χαριεῖσθαί μοι δοκῶ ἀφορμὴν παρασχὼν τῆσ ἐσ ξένον ἄνδρα εὐποιίασ. (Lucian, Scytha 13:2)
  • ἐν κακοῖσι δὲ οὐ ῥᾴδιον βροτοῖσιν εὐφημεῖν στόμα. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode6)

Synonyms

  1. to use words of good omen

  2. to shout in praise or honour of

  3. to honour by praise

Derived

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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