Εὔφημος

See also: εὔφημος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὖ (eû, “well”) +‎ φήμη (phḗmē, “fame”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěu̯.pʰɛː.mos/ → /ˈeɸ.ɸi.mos/ → /ˈef.fi.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.pʰɛː.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.pʰe̝.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɸ.ɸi.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈef.fi.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈef.fi.mos/

Proper noun

Εὔφημος • (Eúphēmos) m (genitive Εὐφήμου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Euphemus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Εὔφημος; τοῦ Εὐφήμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Εὔφημος ho Eúphēmos
Genitive	τοῦ Εὐφήμου toû Euphḗmou
Dative	τῷ Εὐφήμῳ tôi Euphḗmōi
Accusative	τὸν Εὔφημον tòn Eúphēmon
Vocative	Εὔφημε Eúphēme
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010