εὐφημίᾱ — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

dial.εὐφᾱμίᾱᾱςf propriety of speechi.e. avoidance of ill-omened words, by abstention fr. speech, as the prelude to a ritual or solemn actauspicious silenceS. E. Ar. Pl. Din. use of words of good omen onlyavoidance of ill-omened wordsPl.w. positive connot.propriety, auspiciousnessw.gen.of a person's wordsE. Aeschin.decency of languageD.euphemistic languageeuphemismPl. pejor.fine-sounding languageAeschin. D.fine soundw.gen.of a person's wordsAeschin.sg. and pl.honorific languagepraiseof godsPi. Plu.of personsPlu.

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εὐφημίᾱ

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εὐφημίᾱ

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ευφημια

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εὐφημίᾱ

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16606

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-16607

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