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εὔφημος
εὔφημος φήμη uttering sounds of good omen, or abstaining from inauspicious words, i. e. religiously silent, opp. to δύσφημος, Aesch., etc.; εὐφήμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες uttering words of religious thought, i. e. keeping a holy silence, Soph.; so, ὑπʼ εὐφήμου βοῆς, i. e. in silence, Soph.; εὔφημα φώνει, like εὐφήμει, Soph. in positive sense, auspicious, Aesch., Eur., etc.:—so adv. -μως, with or in words of good omen, Hhymn., Aesch.

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Euphemus
uttering sounds of good omen

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εὔφημος
Headword (normalized):
εὔφημος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ευφημος
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εὔφημος φήμη uttering sounds of good omen, or abstaining from inauspicious words, i. e. religiously silent, opp. to δύσφημος, Aesch., etc.; εὐφήμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες uttering words of religious thought, i. e. keeping a holy silence, Soph.; so, ὑπʼ εὐφήμου βοῆς, i. e. in silence, Soph.; εὔφημα φώνει, like εὐφήμει, Soph. in positive sense, auspicious, Aesch., Eur., etc.:—so adv. -μως, with or in words of good omen, Hhymn., Aesch.
IDX:
14155
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n14161
Key:
eu)/fhmos

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