εὐφημία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[use of words of good omen]], opp. [[δυσφημία]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[abstinence from inauspicious language]], [[religious silence]], [[εὐφημίαν ἴσχε]], = [[εὐφήμει]], S.''Tr.''178; εὐ. ἐσχηκέναι πρός τινα Pl.''Lg.''717c; [[εὐφημία στω]], as a proclamation of [[silence]] before a prayer, Ar. ''Th.''295, cf.''Av.''959; so εὐφημίαν… κηρύξας ἔχω [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''893; Ταλθύβιος… εὐφημίαν ἀνεῖπε καὶ σιγὴν στρατῷ E.''IA''1564; μετ' εὐ. διδάσκειν Pl. ''Lg.''949b; ἐν εὐ. χρὴ τελευτᾶν Id.''Phd.''117e; πρὸς εὐφημίαν τρεπέσθω Luc.''Laps.''17.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in positive sense, [[auspiciousness]], [[λόγων εὐφημία]] E.''IA''608, Aeschin.1.169; πᾶσαν εὐφημίαν παρειχόμην D.''Ep.''2.19; esp. a [[fair name]] or [[honourable name]] for a bad thing, [[euphemism]] (as [[Εὐμενίδες]], [[εὐφρόνη]], etc.), δι' εὐφημίας Pl.''Lg.''736a; εὐφημίας ἕνεκα Aeschin.3.92, cf. Plu.2.449a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[εὐφωνία]], Demetr.''Eloc.''175.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[prayer]] and [[praise]], [[worship]], offered to the gods, E.''IA''1469; = [[εὐχή]], Pl.''Alc.''2.149b; εὐξάμενον μετ' εὐφημίας Din.2.14: pl., Pi.''P.'' 10.35.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[honour]], [[good repute]] enjoyed by men, Phld.''Ind.Sto.'' 16,20; [[ἀθάνατος εὐφημία]] D.S1.2; opp. [[δυσφημία]], ''2 Ep.Cor.''6.8; [[ἀδιάλειπτος]] Plu.2.121e; ἡ [[ὕστερον εὐφημία]] = [[posthumous fame]] D.Chr.31.20; [[τὴν παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀγαθὴν εὐφημία]] = [[good repute]], IG12(5).860.39 (Tenos, i B. C.); [[ἡ ἐκ τῶν ξένων εὐφημία]] ''OGI'' 339.30 (Sestos, ii B. C.); [[panegyric]], Jul.''Or.''3.106a, Lib.''Or.''62.3; [[ἡ εὐφημία σου]], as a form of address, ''PLond.''3.891.9 (iv A. D.); αἱ [[εὐφημίαι]] = [[plaudit]]s, [[acclamation]]s in a [[local]] [[senate]], ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''2110.2 (iv A. D.).