εὐφημία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">use of words of good omen</b>, opp. <b class="b3">δυσφημία</b>: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">abstinence from inauspicious language, religious silence</b>, <b class="b3">εὐφημίαν ἴσχε</b>, = [[εὐφήμει]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>178</span>; εὐ. ἐσχηκέναι πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>717c</span>; <b class="b3">εὐφημία στω, eu)fhmi/a 'stw</b>, as a proclamation of <b class="b2">silence</b> before a prayer, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Th.</span>295</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>959</span>; so εὐφημίαν . . κηρύξας ἔχω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>893</span>; Ταλθύβιος . . εὐφημίαν ἀνεῖπε καὶ σιγὴν στρατῷ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1564</span>; μετ' εὐ. διδάσκειν <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>949b</span>; ἐν εὐ. χρὴ τελευτᾶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>117e</span>; πρὸς εὐφημίαν τρεπέσθω <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Laps.</span>17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in positive sense, <b class="b2">auspiciousness</b>, <b class="b3">λόγων εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>608</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.169</span>; πᾶσαν εὐ. παρειχόμην <span class="bibl">D.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2.19</span>; esp. <b class="b2">a fair</b> or <b class="b2">honourable name</b> for a bad thing, <b class="b2">euphemism</b> (as <b class="b3">Εὐμενίδες, εὐφρόνη</b>, etc.), δι' εὐφημίας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>736a</span>; εὐφημίας ἕνεκα <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.92</span>, cf. Plu.2.449a. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> f.l. for [[εὐφωνία]], <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>175</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">prayer and praise, worship</b>, offered to the gods, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1469</span>; = [[εὐχή]], Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>2.149b; εὐξάμενον μετ' εὐφημίας <span class="bibl">Din.2.14</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 10.35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">honour, good repute</b> enjoyed by men, Phld.<span class="title">Ind.Sto.</span> 16,20; <b class="b3">ἀθάνατος εὐ</b>. D.S1.2; opp. <b class="b3">δυσφημία</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>6.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἀδιάλειπτος</b> Plu.2.121e; <b class="b3">ἡ ὕστερον εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.Chr.31.20</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀγαθὴν εὐ</b>.good <b class="b2">repute</b>, IG12(5).860.39 (Tenos, i B. C.); <b class="b3">ἡ ἐκ τῶν ξένων εὐ</b>. <span class="title">OGI</span> 339.30 (Sestos, ii B. C.); <b class="b2">panegyric</b>, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>3.106a</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>62.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ εὐ. σου</b>, as a form of address, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.891.9</span> (iv A. D.); <b class="b3">αἱ εὐ</b>. <b class="b2">plaudits, acclamations</b> in a local senate, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>2110.2</span> (iv A. D.).</span>