εὐλογία

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A good or fine language, Pl.R.400d, Luc.Lex.1.    2 plausibility, ἔχει τινὰ εὐλογίαν Thphr.CP6.31.1; habet εὐλογίαν Cic.Att.13.22.4, cf. Ep.Rom.16.18; ἡ τοῦ δόγματος εὐ. prob. in Phld.Sign.27; ἡ εὐ. τῶν πραγμάτων Id.Herc.1251.8.    II praise, eulogy, Pi.N.4.5, Th.2.42; ὑμνῆσαι δι' εὐλογίας E. HF356 (lyr.); ἄξιος εὐλογίας Ar.Pax738: pl., Pi.I.3.3, 6(5).21, Pl. Ax.365a; good fame, glory, ἀγήραντος εὐ. Simon.100, cf. Pi.O.5.24; εὐλογίαν φέρει Lyr.Alex.Adesp.21.10; ἔχειν εὐ. τινὰ πρός τινα POxy. 65.4 (iii/iv A.D.).    2 esp.praise to God, LXX Si.50.20(22), Apoc. 7.12, OGI74 (Egypt).    III act of blessing, opp. κατάρα, LXX Ge. 27.12, Ep.Jac.3.10.    2 blessing called down or bestowed, LXX Pr. 10.22, 1 Ep.Pet.3.9.    3 gift, bounty, LXX Jo.15.19, 4 Ki.5.15, 2 Ep.Cor.9.5; ὁ σπείρων ἐπ' εὐλογίαις ἐπ' εὐλογίαις καὶ θερίσει bountifully, ib. 6, cf. Ph.1.129.