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εὖγμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὖγμα εὖγματος

Structure: εὐγματ (Stem)

Etym.: eu)/xomai

Sense

  1. a boast, vaunt
  2. prayers, wishes

Declension

Third declension

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

  • ξυνευχόμεσθα τέλεα μὲν πόλει τέλεα δὲ δήμῳ τάδ’ εὔγματα γενέσθαι, τὰ δ’ ἄρισθ’ ὅσαισ προσήκει νικᾶν λεγούσαισ· (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Parodos, lyric 2:1)
  • καὶ δή οἱ Μέντωρ μὲν ἔβη κενὰ εὔγματα εἰπών, οἱ δ’ οἰοῖ λείπονται ἐπὶ πρώτῃσι θύρῃσι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 22 41:2)

Synonyms

  1. a boast

  2. prayers

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

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