Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • χρὴ δὲ πρῶτον μὲν θεὸν ὑμνεῖν εὔφρονασ ἄνδρασ εὐφήμοισ μύθοισ καὶ καθαροῖσι λόγοισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 7 2:3)
  • "ὦ Λεύκιε, τὴν ἀτοπίαν εὐφήμοισ περιαμπέχεισ ὀνόμασιν· (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 5 1:1)
  • τοίη καὶ γενόμην, ἀλλ’ οὐ νόον, οἱο͂ν ἀκούεισ, ἔσχον, ἐπ’ εὐφήμοισ δόξαν ἐνεγκαμένη. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1512)
  • χρὴ δὲ πρῶτον μὲν θεὸν ὑμνεῖν εὔφρονασ ἄνδρασ εὐφήμοισ μύθοισ καὶ καθαροῖσι λόγοισ· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 9)
  • εἰ μὲν ὑπὲρ εὐανδρίασ ἢ νίκησ ἐκ πολέμου χαριστήρια θεοῖσ ἀποδιδοῖεν, προθύοντεσ ἱερὰ τὰ νομιζόμενα, εὐφήμοισ οἰωνοῖσ τὰσ ἀποικίασ προπέμποντεσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 1, chapter 16 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. uttering sound of good omen

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