εὔνους — Anabasis Mather

εὔνους -ουν [νοῦς, mind], well disposed, friendly. εὔξεινος, -ον ξεῖνος, Ionic form of ξένος, stranger], good to strangers, hospitable, applied as a proper name (Euxine) to the Black Sea, to avoid the bad omen in its earlier name Ἄξεινος, inhospitable. For similar euphemisms, cp. εὐώνυμος, and Eng. Cape of Good Hope for an earlier name Cafe of Storms.

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εὔνους

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εὔνους

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ευνους

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