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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓φημος εύ̓φημον
Genitive εὐφήμου εὐφήμου
Dative εὐφήμῳ εὐφήμῳ
Accusative εύ̓φημον εύ̓φημον
Vocative εύ̓φημε εύ̓φημον
DualN/A/V εὐφήμω εὐφήμω
G/D εὐφήμοιν εὐφήμοιν
PluralNominative εύ̓φημοι εύ̓φημα
Genitive εὐφήμων εὐφήμων
Dative εὐφήμοις εὐφήμοις
Accusative εὐφήμους εύ̓φημα
Vocative εύ̓φημοι εύ̓φημα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓φημος εὐφήμου εὐφημότερος εὐφημοτέρου εὐφημότατος εὐφημοτάτου
Adverb εὐφήμως εὐφημότερον εὐφημότατα

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

  • φροῦδαί σοι θυσίαι χορῶν τ’ εὔφημοι κέλαδοι κατ’ ὄρ‐ φναν τε παννυχίδεσ θεῶν, χρυσέων τε ξοάνων τύποι Φρυγῶν τε ζάθεοι σελᾶ‐ ναι συνδώδεκα πλήθει. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, antistrophe 11)
  • εἶτ’ ἐκεῖ μὲν εὔφημοι καθήμεθα κοσμίωσ· (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 20 1:3)
  • εἶτ’ ἐκεῖ μὲν εὔφημοι καθήμεθα κοσμίωσ· (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 20 4:2)
  • καὶ πάντα βασίλειον περὶ αὐτὸν σχῆμα ἦν ἀναλώμασιν τῶν ἰδιοξένων, μεγάλαι περιστάσεισ ἐγίνοντο τῆσ πληθύοσ ἐπιβοήσεισ τε εὔφημοι ὁπόσα εἰκὸσ τοῖσ οὕτω παρ’ ἐλπίδα σωθεῖσιν συντυγχάνειν οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὐκ ἐπράσσετο. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 17 398:1)

Synonyms

  1. uttering sound of good omen

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