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εὐτυχής
εὐτυχίᾱ
εὔυδρος
εὔυμνος
εὐυπέρβλητος
εὐυφής
εὐφᾱμέω
εὐφαρέτρᾱς
εὐφεγγής
εὐφημέω
εὐφημίᾱ
εὔφημος
εὔφθαρτος
εὔφθογγος
εὐφιλής
εὐφίλητος
εὐφιλόπαις
εὐφιλοτῑ́μητος
εὔφλεκτος
εὐφορέω
εὐφόρητος
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εὐφημίᾱ
εὐφημίᾱ
dial.εὐφᾱμίᾱ
ᾱςf
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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Headword:
εὐφημίᾱ
Headword (normalized):
εὐφημίᾱ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ευφημια
IDX:
16606
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-16607
Key:
εὐφημίᾱ

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