εὐφημίᾱ
εὐφημίᾱdial.εὐφᾱμίᾱ
ᾱςf propriety of speechi.e. avoidance of ill-omened words, by abstention fr. speech, as the prelude to a ritual or solemn actauspicious silence
S. E. Ar. Pl. Din. use of words of good omen onlyavoidance of ill-omened words
Pl.w. positive connot.propriety, auspiciousnessw.gen.of a person's words
E. Aeschin.decency of language
D.euphemistic languageeuphemism
Pl. pejor.fine-sounding language
Aeschin. D.fine soundw.gen.of a person's words
Aeschin.sg. and pl.honorific languagepraiseof gods
Pi. Plu.of personsPlu.
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Headword (normalized):
εὐφημίᾱ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ευφημια
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-16607
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