εὐφημία
εὐφημ-ία,
ἡ,
A). use of words of good omen, opp. δυσφημία:
2). honour, good repute enjoyed by men,
Phld. Ind.Sto. 16 ,
20 ;
ἀθάνατος εὐ. D.S
1.2 ; opp.
δυσφημία,
2 Ep.Cor. 6.8 ;
ἀδιάλειπτος Plu. 2.121e ;
ἡ ὕστερον εὐ.
D.Chr. 31.20 ;
τὴν παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀγαθὴν εὐ.good
repute, IG 12(5).860.39 (Tenos, i B. C.);
ἡ ἐκ τῶν ξένων εὐ.
OGI 339.30 (Sestos, ii B. C.);
panegyric,
Jul. Or. 3.106a ,
Lib. Or. 62.3 ;
ἡ εὐ. σου, as a form of address,
PLond. 3.891.9 (iv A. D.);
αἱ εὐ.
plaudits, acclamations in a local senate,
POxy. 2110.2 (iv A. D.).
ShortDef
the use of words of good omen
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Headword (normalized):
εὐφημία
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ευφημια
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-45402
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">εὐφημ-ία</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">use of words of good omen</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">δυσφημία</span>: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">abstinence from inauspicious language, religious silence</span>, <span class="foreign greek">εὐφημίαν ἴσχε,</span> = <span class="ref greek">εὐφήμει</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:178" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:178/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 178 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εὐ. ἐσχηκέναι πρός τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:717c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:717c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 717c </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">εὐφημία )</span>, as a proclamation of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">silence</span> before a prayer, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:295" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:295/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 295 </a>, cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:959" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:959/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 959 </a>; so <span class="quote greek">εὐφημίαν .. κηρύξας ἔχω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:893" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:893/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 893 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Ταλθύβιος .. εὐφημίαν ἀνεῖπε καὶ σιγὴν στρατῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1564" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1564/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 1564 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μετ’ εὐ. διδάσκειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:949b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:949b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 949b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐν εὐ. χρὴ τελευτᾶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:117e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:117e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 117e </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πρὸς εὐφημίαν τρεπέσθω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg058:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg058:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Laps.</span> 17 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> in positive sense, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">auspiciousness</span>, <span class="foreign greek">λόγων εὐ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:608" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:608/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 608 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:169" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:169/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.169 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πᾶσαν εὐ. παρειχόμην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg063.perseus-grc1:2:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg063.perseus-grc1:2.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 2.19 </a> ; esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a fair</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">honourable name</span> for a bad thing, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">euphemism</span> (as <span class="foreign greek">Εὐμενίδες, εὐφρόνη</span>, etc.), <span class="quote greek">δῑ εὐφημίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:736a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:736a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 736a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εὐφημίας ἕνεκα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.92 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.449a </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> f.l. for <span class="ref greek">εὐφωνία</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:175" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0613.tlg001:175/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Demetr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eloc.</span> 175 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prayer and praise, worship</span>, offered to the gods, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1469" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1469/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 1469 </a>; = <span class="ref greek">εὐχή</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 2.149b </span>; <span class="quote greek">εὐξάμενον μετ’ εὐφημίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:2:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0029.tlg001:2.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Din.</span> 2.14 </a> : pl., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 10.35 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">honour, good repute</span> enjoyed by men, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ind.Sto.</span> 16 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 20 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀθάνατος εὐ</span>. D.S<span class="bibl"> 1.2 </span>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">δυσφημία</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg008.perseus-grc1:6:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg008.perseus-grc1:6.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">2 Ep.Cor.</span> 6.8 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀδιάλειπτος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.121e </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ὕστερον εὐ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:31:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:31.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.Chr.</span> 31.20 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὴν παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀγαθὴν εὐ</span>.good <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">repute,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">IG</span> 12(5).860.39 </span> (Tenos, i B. C.); <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἐκ τῶν ξένων εὐ</span>. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 339.30 </span> (Sestos, ii B. C.); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">panegyric</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:3:106a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:3.106a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 3.106a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg004:62:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg004:62.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lib.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 62.3 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ εὐ. σου</span>, as a form of address, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PLond.</span> 3.891.9 </span> (iv A. D.); <span class="foreign greek">αἱ εὐ</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plaudits, acclamations</span> in a local senate, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 2110.2 </span> (iv A. D.).</div> </div><br><br>'}