εὐφημία: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[εὐφημία]], ἡ, [from [[εὔφημος]]<br />the use of words of [[good]] [[omen]], opp. to [[δυσφημία]]:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[abstinence]] from [[inauspicious]] [[language]], [[religious]] [[silence]], Trag.; εὐφημίαν ἴσχε = εὐφήμει, Soph.; [[εὐφημία]] 'στω, a [[proclamation]] of [[silence]] [[before]] a [[prayer]], Ar. [II.] in [[positive]] [[sense]], auspiciousness, [[fairness]], Aeschin.:—esp. a [[fair]] [[name]] for a bad [[thing]], [[euphemism]], Aeschin.]<br /><b class="num">III.</b> [[prayer]] and [[praise]], [[worship]], [[honour]], Eur.; in pl. songs of [[praise]], lauds, Pind.