εὐφημία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[use of words of good omen]], opp. [[δυσφημία]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[abstinence from inauspicious language]], [[religious silence]], [[εὐφημίαν ἴσχε]], = [[εὐφήμει]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>178</span>; εὐ. ἐσχηκέναι πρός τινα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>717c</span>; [[εὐφημία στω]], as a proclamation of [[silence]] before a prayer, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Th.</span>295</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Av.</span>959</span>; so εὐφημίαν… κηρύξας ἔχω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>893</span>; Ταλθύβιος… εὐφημίαν ἀνεῖπε καὶ σιγὴν στρατῷ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1564</span>; μετ' εὐ. διδάσκειν <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>949b</span>; ἐν εὐ. χρὴ τελευτᾶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>117e</span>; πρὸς εὐφημίαν τρεπέσθω <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Laps.</span>17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> in positive sense, [[auspiciousness]], [[λόγων εὐφημία]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>608</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.169</span>; πᾶσαν εὐφημίαν παρειχόμην <span class="bibl">D.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2.19</span>; esp. a [[fair name]] or [[honourable name]] for a bad thing, [[euphemism]] (as [[Εὐμενίδες]], [[εὐφρόνη]], etc.), δι' εὐφημίας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>736a</span>; εὐφημίας ἕνεκα <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.92</span>, cf. Plu.2.449a. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> f.l. for [[εὐφωνία]], <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>175</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[prayer]] and [[praise]], [[worship]], offered to the gods, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1469</span>; = [[εὐχή]], Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>2.149b; εὐξάμενον μετ' εὐφημίας <span class="bibl">Din.2.14</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span> 10.35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[honour]], [[good repute]] enjoyed by men, Phld.<span class="title">Ind.Sto.</span> 16,20; [[ἀθάνατος εὐφημία]] D.S1.2; opp. [[δυσφημία]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>6.8</span>; [[ἀδιάλειπτος]] Plu.2.121e; ἡ [[ὕστερον εὐφημία]] = [[posthumous fame]] <span class="bibl">D.Chr.31.20</span>; [[τὴν παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀγαθὴν εὐφημία]] = [[good repute]], IG12(5).860.39 (Tenos, i B. C.); [[ἡ ἐκ τῶν ξένων εὐφημία]] <span class="title">OGI</span> 339.30 (Sestos, ii B. C.); [[panegyric]], <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>3.106a</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>62.3</span>; [[ἡ εὐφημία σου]], as a form of address, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.891.9</span> (iv A. D.); αἱ [[εὐφημίαι]] = [[plaudit]]s, [[acclamation]]s in a [[local]] [[senate]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>2110.2</span> (iv A. D.).</span>