Εὔφημος
See also: εὔφημος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὖ (eû, “well”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “fame”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ěu̯.pʰɛː.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈew.pʰe̝.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeɸ.ɸi.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈef.fi.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈef.fi.mos/
Proper noun
Εὔφημος • (Eúphēmos) m (genitive Εὐφήμου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Euphemus
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Εὔφημος; τοῦ Εὐφήμου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Εὔφημος ho Eúphēmos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Εὐφήμου toû Euphḗmou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Εὐφήμῳ tôi Euphḗmōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Εὔφημον tòn Eúphēmon | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Εὔφημε Eúphēme | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Εύφημος (Éffimos)
- → Latin: Euphemus
- → Russian: Ефим (Jefim)
Further reading
- “Εὔφημος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010