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|Definition=ον, gen. ονος, ([[σχῆμα]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[elegant]] in [[figure]], [[mien]] and [[bearing]], [[graceful]], opp. [[ἀσχήμων]], Pl.R.413e, al.; [[ἀλεκτρυών]] Cratin. 108; τὰ εὐσχήμονα [[ἡμῶν]] (sc. [[μόρια]]) 1 Ep.Cor.12.24: Comp. [[εὐσχημονέστερος]] = [[more respectable]], Pl.R.554e: Sup. εὐσχημονέστατοι, [[πονεῖν]] ἵπποι X.Eq.11.12.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in bad sense, [[with an outside show of goodness]], [[specious in behaviour]], εἴς τινα E.Med.584.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[decent]], [[becoming]], λόγοι Id.Hipp. 490, D.60.9; πρᾶγμα οὐδαμῶς εὔσχημον λέγειν Aeschin.3.162; λέγειν εὐσχήμονα Arist.EN1128a7; [[τὸ εὔσχημον]] [[decorum]], Pl.R.401c, Lg. 797b. Adv. [[εὐσχημόνως]] = [[with grace and dignity]], [[like a gentleman]], Ar.V. 1210, X.Cyr.1.3.8, Arist.EN1101a1; ζῆν Phld.Herc.1251.18: Comp εὐσχημονέστερον, ἔχειν Pl.Epin.981a; τι φέρειν D.60.35: Sup. εὐσχημονέστατα IG 22.1034.11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> later also, [[noble]], [[honourable]], in [[rank]] (condemned by Phryn.309), Ev.Marc.15.43, Act.Ap.13.50, J.Vit.9, Vett.Val.66.7, al.; [[ἡ εὔσχημον]] = the [[noble]] [[lady]], PFlor.16.20 (iii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">b</span> title of a [[village]] [[magistrate]], in plural, εὐ. κώμης BGU147 (ii/iii A.D.): sg., ἡ [[οἰκία]] τοῦ εὐσχήμονος PRyl.236.15 (iii A.D.).