εὔφημος
εὔφημ-ος, Dor.
εὔφᾱμος,
ον,(
φήμη)
A). uttering sounds of good omen,
ἀετός Arist. HA 618b31 : usu. in derived senses,
I). abstaining from inauspicious words, i.e.
religiously silent,
εὔφημον .. κοίμησον στόμα A. Ag. 1247 ;
γλῶσσαν εὔ. φέρειν Id. Ch. 581 ; so perh.
εὔ. γόοι Id. Fr. 40 ;
εὐφάμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες moving the lips of
reverent thought, i.e. keeping a holy silence,
S. OC 132 (lyr.); so
ὑπ’ εὐφήμου βοῆς, i.e. in silence,
Id. El. 630 ;
εὔφημα φώνει, =
εὐφήμει ,
Id. Aj. 362 ,
591 ,
E. IT 687 ;
εὔφημος ἴσθι S. Fr. 478 ;
εὔ. πᾶς ἔστω λαός Ar. Th. 39 (anap.).
2). mild, softening (cf.
εὐφημία 11.1 ,
εὐφημισμός)
, ἐν-οτάτοις ὀνόμασι .. κατονομάζειν Pl. Alc. 2.140c ;
πρὸς τὸ -ότατον, Lat.
in meliorem partem,
Luc. Prom.Es 3 . Adv. Comp.-
ότερον Eust. 1398.49 .
II). in positive sense,
fair-sounding, auspicious,
μῦθοι Xenoph. 1.14 ;
ἦμαρ A. Ag. 636 ;
ἔπος Id. Supp. 512 ;
εὔφημοι κέλαδοι E. Tr. 1072 (lyr.);
εὔφαμον δ’ ἐπὶ βωμοῖς μοῦσαν θείατ’ ἀοιδοί A. Supp. 694 (lyr.);
Μούσης ἀνοίγειν .. εὔφημον στόμα Ar. Av. 1719 ;
εὔ. πόνοι pious, holy,
E. Ion 134 (lyr.);
δόμοι Id. Andr. 1144 ;
ᾠδῆς γένος, ἐρωτήματα,
Pl. Lg. 800e ,
Hp.Ma. 293a , cf.
Ep.Phil. 4.8 ;
πλοῦς Iamb. VP 3.16 ( Sup.). Adv.-
μως with or
in words of good omen, h.Ap. 171 (dub. l.),
A. Eu. 287 ,
IG 12.108.55 ,
Pl. Phdr. 265c : Comp.-
ότερον Aristaenet. 2.9 .
ShortDef
Euphemus
uttering sounds of good omen
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
εὔφημος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ευφημος
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-45405
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">εὔφημ-ος</span>, Dor. <span class="orth greek">εὔφᾱμος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>,(<span class="etym greek">φήμη</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">uttering sounds of good omen</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀετός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:618b:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:618b.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 618b31 </a> : usu. in derived senses, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">abstaining from inauspicious words</span>, i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">religiously silent</span>, <span class="quote greek">εὔφημον .. κοίμησον στόμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1247" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1247/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1247 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γλῶσσαν εὔ. φέρειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:581" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:581/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 581 </a> ; so perh. <span class="quote greek">εὔ. γόοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:40/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 40 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">εὐφάμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες</span> moving the lips of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">reverent</span> thought, i.e. keeping a holy silence, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:132/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 132 </a> (lyr.); so <span class="foreign greek">ὑπ’ εὐφήμου βοῆς</span>, i.e. in silence, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:630" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:630/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 630 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">εὔφημα φώνει,</span> = <span class="ref greek">εὐφήμει</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:362" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:362/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 362 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:591" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:591/canonical-url/"> 591 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:687" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:687/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 687 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εὔφημος ἴσθι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:478" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:478/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 478 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εὔ. πᾶς ἔστω λαός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 39 </a> (anap.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mild, softening</span> (cf. <span class="quote greek">εὐφημία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:11:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc1:11.1/canonical-url/"> 11.1 </a> , <span class="foreign greek">εὐφημισμός</span>) <span class="quote greek">, ἐν-οτάτοις ὀνόμασι .. κατονομάζειν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 2.140c </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς τὸ -ότατον</span>, Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in meliorem partem</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg064:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg064:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prom.Es</span> 3 </a>. Adv. Comp.-<span class="itype greek">ότερον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1398:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1398.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 1398.49 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fair-spoken</span>, <span class="quote greek">εἰς τὸ δαιμόνιον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg080:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg080:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Piet.</span> 18 </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;">fair-sounding, auspicious</span>, <span class="quote greek">μῦθοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:1:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0267.tlg001:1.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Xenoph.</span> 1.14 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἦμαρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:636" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:636/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 636 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔπος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:512" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:512/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 512 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εὔφημοι κέλαδοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1072" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1072/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 1072 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">εὔφαμον δ’ ἐπὶ βωμοῖς μοῦσαν θείατ’ ἀοιδοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:694" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:694/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 694 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">Μούσης ἀνοίγειν .. εὔφημον στόμα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1719" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1719/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1719 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">εὔ. πόνοι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pious, holy</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:134/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 134 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">δόμοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1144" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1144/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 1144 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ᾠδῆς γένος, ἐρωτήματα</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:800e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:800e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 800e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg025:293a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg025:293a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hp.Ma.</span> 293a </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg011.perseus-grc1:4:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg011.perseus-grc1:4.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Phil.</span> 4.8 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πλοῦς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg001:3:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg001:3.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Iamb.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VP</span> 3.16 </a> ( Sup.). Adv.-<span class="itype greek">μως</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in words of good omen,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">h.Ap.</span> 171 </span> (dub. l.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:287" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:287/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 287 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.108.55 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:265c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:265c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 265c </a>: Comp.-<span class="itype greek">ότερον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4000.tlg001:2:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4000.tlg001:2.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aristaenet.</span> 2.9 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">laudatory</span>, <span class="foreign greek">λόγοι εὔ</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">panegyrics</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:31:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:31:3:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 31.3.4 </a>. (Also f.l. for <span class="ref greek">εὔχυμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0718.tlg005:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0718.tlg005:58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aët.</span> 5.58 </a>, for <span class="quote greek">εὔφιμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg002:275" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg002:275/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Al.</span> 275 </a> .)</div> </div><br><br>'}