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

 

• 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/

Adjective

εὔφημος • (eúphēmos) m or f (neuter εὔφημον); second declension

1. uttering sound of good omen

   Antonyms: δύσφημος (dúsphēmos), κακόφημος (kakóphēmos)

2. abstaining from inauspicious words

Declension

Second declension of εὔφημος; εὔφημον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[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.