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εὔφημος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔφημος εὔφημος εὔφημον

Structure: εὐφημ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fh/mh

Sense

  1. uttering sound of good omen
  2. abstaining from inauspicious words

Examples

  • εὔφημα φώνει· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric 2:1)
  • "Ἡράκλεισ, εὔφημα πάντα καὶ ἑορτῇ πρέποντα. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 30:3)
  • εὔφημα φώνει. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric2)
  • εὔφημα θρόει. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests 1:16)
  • διὸ τῷ μὲν εἰσ τὸ χρηστήριον ἐνταῦθα κατιόντι παρεγγυῶμεν ὅσια φρονεῖν, εὔφημα λέγειν. (Plutarch, De Iside et Osiride, section 68 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. uttering sound of good omen

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