εὔφημος
See also: Εὔφημος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + φήμη (phḗmē, “a voice, a prophetic voice, rumor, talk”) + -ος (-os), from φημί (phēmí, “to speak, say”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (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
[edit]εὔφημος • (eúphēmos) m or f (neuter εὔφημον); second declension
- uttering sound of good omen
- abstaining from inauspicious words
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- εὐφημισμός (euphēmismós)
Further reading
[edit]- “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[1], 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.