Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὔφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔφωνος

Structure: εὐφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. sweet-voiced, musical
  2. loud-voiced

Examples

  • τοῦτό τε οὖν φυλακτέον τῷ λέγοντι, καὶ προσέτι μὴ καὶ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτὴν ἐπιταράττηται ^ ἐν οὕτωσ εὐφώνῳ καὶ ἠχήεντι οἴκῳ λέγων ἀντιφθέγγεται γὰρ καὶ ἀντιφωνεῖ καὶ ἀντιλέγει, μᾶλλον δὲ ἐπικαλύπτει τὴν βοήν, οἱο͂́ν τι καὶ σάλπιγξ δρᾷ τὸν αὐλόν, εἰ συναυλοῖεν, ἢ τοὺσ κελευστὰσ ἡ θάλαττα, ὁπόταν πρὸσ κύματοσ ἦχον ἐπᾴδειν τῇ εἰρεσίᾳ θέλωσιν ἐπικρατεῖ γὰρ ἡ μεγαλοφωνία καὶ κατασιωπᾷ τὸ ἧττον. (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 16:3)

Synonyms

  1. sweet-voiced

  2. loud-voiced

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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