εὔφημος
See also: Εὔφημος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “a voice, a prophetic voice, rumor, talk”) + -ος (-os), from φημί (phēmí, “to speak, say”).
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/
Adjective
εὔφημος • (eúphēmos) m or f (neuter εὔφημον); second declension
- uttering sound of good omen
- Antonyms: δύσφημος (dúsphēmos), κακόφημος (kakóphēmos)
- abstaining from inauspicious words
Declension
Second declension of εὔφημος; εὔφημον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | εὔφημος eúphēmos | εὔφημον eúphēmon | εὐφήμω euphḗmō | εὐφήμω euphḗmō | εὔφημοι eúphēmoi | εὔφημᾰ eúphēma | ||||||||
Genitive | εὐφήμου euphḗmou | εὐφήμου euphḗmou | εὐφήμοιν euphḗmoin | εὐφήμοιν euphḗmoin | εὐφήμων euphḗmōn | εὐφήμων euphḗmōn | ||||||||
Dative | εὐφήμῳ euphḗmōi | εὐφήμῳ euphḗmōi | εὐφήμοιν euphḗmoin | εὐφήμοιν euphḗmoin | εὐφήμοις euphḗmois | εὐφήμοις euphḗmois | ||||||||
Accusative | εὔφημον eúphēmon | εὔφημον eúphēmon | εὐφήμω euphḗmō | εὐφήμω euphḗmō | εὐφήμους euphḗmous | εὔφημᾰ eúphēma | ||||||||
Vocative | εὔφημε eúphēme | εὔφημον eúphēmon | εὐφήμω euphḗmō | εὐφήμω euphḗmō | εὔφημοι eúphēmoi | εὔφημᾰ eúphēma | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
εὐφήμως euphḗmōs | εὐφημότερος euphēmóteros | εὐφημότᾰτος euphēmótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós)
Further reading
- “εὔφημος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὔφημος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εὔφημος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G2163 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- auspicious idem, page 53.
- euphemus idem, page 284.
- fair idem, page 302.
- fair-spoken idem, page 302.
- favourable idem, page 311.
- propitious idem, page 653.
- silent idem, page 775.