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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

  • σὺ δ̓ εἴτε τὴν γνώμην σκέψαιο, πάνυ εὔνουν εὑρήσεισ, εἴτε τὴν γλῶτταν, εὔφημοσ καὶ αὐτή. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 32:6)
  • εὔφημοσ πᾶσ ἔστω λαόσ, στόμα συγκλῄσασ· (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Prologue, anapests1)
  • εὔφημοσ ἴσθι· (Euripides, episode, iambic14)
  • δύο δὲ καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα βιώσασ ἔτη μετήλλαξεν ἐπὶ Θεοφίλου τοῦ μετὰ Καλλίμαχον, ὅσ ἐστιν ὀγδοηκοστὸσ καὶ δεύτεροσ, ἀπὸ δὲ Ἀπολλοδώρου καὶ τῆσ Πλάτωνοσ γενέσεωσ τεσσαρεσκαιδέκατόσ ἐστιν ἄρχων Εὔφημοσ, ἐφ’ οὗ τὰ ἐπινίκια Ἀγάθωνοσ ἑστιῶνται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 574)
  • Εὔφημοσ. (Andocides, Speeches, 84:12)

Synonyms

  1. uttering sound of good omen

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