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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

  • ἔτι δὲ ὁ μὲν χαῖρε εἰπὼν μόνον εὐφήμῳ τῇ ἀρχῇ ἐχρήσατο, καὶ ἔστιν εὐχὴ το πρᾶγμα, ὁ δὲ ὑγιαίνειν παρακελευόμενοσ καὶ χρήσιμόν τι δρᾷ καὶ ὑπομιμνήσκει τῶν πρὸσ τὸ ὑγιαίνειν συντελούντων, καὶ οὐ συνεύχεται μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ παραγγέλλει. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 24:1)
  • εἵπετο δ’ αὐτῷ τὸ πλῆθοσ καὶ οἱ πλέονεσ τῶν δικαστῶν σὺν εὐφήμῳ βοῇ, καὶ θύοντι ὅμοια ἐπεφώνουν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 7 4:8)
  • ἐπαινῶ τε γὰρ αὐτοὺσ οὐδὲν δαπανῶν, ὧν τε διδόασιν ἀεὶ αὖ παρέχομαι, εὐφημῶ τε ὅσα ἂν δύνωμαι καὶ ἐφ’ οἷσ ἂν αὐτοὺσ μάρτυρασ ποιήσωμαι ἑκὼν οὐδὲν ψεύδομαι. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 4 50:5)

Synonyms

  1. uttering sound of good omen

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