εὔστομος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[στόμα]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[with mouth of good size]], of dogs, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>4.2</span>; of horses, <b class="b3">εὔ. τῷ χαλινῷ</b> [[well-bitted]], opp. [[ἄστομος]], Plu.2.39a. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[with large mouth]], of cups, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Lex.</span> 7</span>; of a harbour, <span class="bibl">Poll.1.100</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[easy to keep open]], of a vein, <span class="bibl">Aret. <span class="title">CA</span>2.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[speak]]ing [[well]], [[eloquent]], AP14.10.8 (Comp.), <span class="bibl">Ptol. <span class="title">Tetr.</span>166</span>; [[making eloquent]], λάγυνος <span class="title">AP</span>9.229 (Marc.Arg.). Adv. -μως [[with clear utterance]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>4.42</span>: Sup. -ώτατα ib.<span class="bibl">13.18</span>; [[melodiously]], ib.<span class="bibl">1.43</span>; ᾖδον <span class="bibl">Aristaenet.2.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> like [[εὔφημος]], [[avoid]]ing words of [[ill]] [[omen]], and so, [[keep]]ing [[silence]], <b class="b3">περὶ μὲν τούτων… μοι… εὔστομα κείσθω</b> on these things… let me keep [[a religious silence]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.171</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>14.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>2.36</span>; <b class="b3">εὔστομ' ἔχε</b> [[peace]], [[be still]]! <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>201</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[pleasant to the mouth]], [[palatable]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span> 2.6.10</span> (Comp.),<span class="bibl">4.3.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.94</span>, Dsc.1.110 (Comp.).</span>