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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

  • ὁρμή τε τῷ πλήθει πρὸσ αὐτὸν εὐνοίασ ἐγένετο καὶ τῶν Ἀριστοβούλῳ τῷ πάππῳ πεπραγμένων ἐναργὴσ ἡ μνήμη παρέστη, νικώμενοί τε κατὰ μικρὸν ἐξηλέγχοντο τὰσ διαθέσεισ χαίροντεσ ὁμοῦ καὶ συγχεόμενοι καὶ φωνὰσ εὐφήμουσ εἰσ αὐτὸν ἀφιέντεσ εὐχαῖσ μεμιγμένασ, ὡσ ἐμφανῆ γενέσθαι τὴν εὔνοιαν τῶν ὄχλων καὶ προπετεστέραν ἐν βασιλείᾳ δοκεῖν τὴν ὧν πεπόνθεσαν ὁμολογίαν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 15 67:1)
  • τοῦτο δ’ ἐγένετο μάλιστα διὰ τὸ τοὺσ περὶ τὸν Τεβέριον, καθ’ ὃν καιρὸν ἐξαπεστάλησαν ἐπισκεψόμενοι τὰ κατὰ τοὺσ βασιλεῖσ, ἐπανελθόντασ εὐφήμουσ λόγουσ ποιήσασθαι περί τε τοῦ πατρὸσ καὶ καθόλου τῆσ βασιλείασ αὐτῶν. (Polybius, Histories, book 31, chapter 3 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. uttering sound of good omen

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