εὐφημίζω

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τῷ ἄφρονι περιττεύει τὸ πάθος → the stupid man is carried away by passion

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

εὐφημίζω: μεταχειρίζομαι εὔφημον, καλὴν λέξιν περὶ κακοῦ πράγματος, καί, εὐφημισμός, ὁ, ἡ χρῆσις εὐφήμου λέξεως ἀντὶ δυσοιώνου, π.χ. Εὐμενίδες ἀντὶ Ἐρινύες, εὐφρόνη ἀντὶ νύξ, κτλ.. Εὐστ. 1398. 52, πρβλ. Δημήτρ. Φαληρ. 281. ΙΙ. χαιρετίζω δι’ εὐφήμων ἐπιφωνήσεων, Ἡρῳδιαν. 2. 3, 35, ἐν τῷ Παθ.