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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

  • "ὅτι τοῖσ ἐκείνων ὁ Κωλώτησ παραβαλλόμενοσ εὐφημότατοσ ἀνδρῶν φαίνεται; (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 2 2:1)
  • σχεδὸν γὰρ οὗτοσ σύμβολοσ οὐ μόνον εὐφημότατοσ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὠφελιμώτατοσ, ὅτῳ ἂν ἐντύχῃ ἀνὴρ εὔνουσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 24:2)

Synonyms

  1. uttering sound of good omen

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