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ξεῖν’, ἀγγέλλειν Λακεδαιμονίοις ὅτι τῇδε κείμεθα τοῖς κείνων ῥήμασι πειθόμενοι. → Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.

Simonides of Kea

Greek Monolingual

η / ὑστεροφημία, ΝΑ
μεταθανάτια καλή φήμη, η εύφημη μνεία κάποιου μετά τον θάνατό του.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὕστερος + -φημία (< -φημος < φήμη), πρβλ. κακο-φημία].