εὐφημέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[εὐφαμέω]], ([[εὔφημος]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[use words of good omen]], opp. [[δυσφημέω]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[avoid all unlucky words]], during sacred rites: hence, as the surest mode of avoiding them, [[keep a religious silence]], φέρτε δὲ χερσὶν ὕδωρ εὐφημῆσαί τε κέλεσθε <span class="bibl">Il.9.171</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Ap.</span>17</span>, <span class="bibl">18</span>, etc.; mostly imper., [[εὐφήμει]], [[εὐφημεῖτε]], [[hush]]! [[be still]]! <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>297</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ach.</span> 241</span>, al.; οἱ δὲ ἀμβώσαντες μέγα εὐφημέειν μιν ἐκέλευον <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.38</span>; εὐφημεῖν χρὴ τὸν πρεσβύτην <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>263</span>; εὐφήμει τοῦτό γε, ἦν δ' ἐγώ <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Euthd.</span>301a</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>329c</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκ εὐφημήσεις</b>; <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>214d</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">εὔφημον εἴη τοὖπος εὐφημουμένῃ</b> [[since]] you have been spoken [[fair]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span> 512</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[shout in triumph]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>596</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>1035</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>758</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.5.49</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc., [[honour by praise]], [[speak well of]], θεούς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epin.</span> 992d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.49</span>:—Pass., to [[be called by a mild name]], πολιτεία… εὐφημούμενος λῆρος <span class="bibl">D.S.37.17</span>; also, to [[be honoured]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span> 27</span>, <span class="title">CIG</span>4389 (Isauria); to [[be applauded]], <span class="bibl">Ph.2.589</span>; πρὸς πάντων -ηθείς <span class="bibl">Hdn.2.3.11</span>; ὑπὸ ὄχλων <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.38.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[sound triumphantly]], κέλαδος Ἑλλήνων πάρα… ηὐφήμησεν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>389</span>; ὀλολυγμὸς εὐφημῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>28</span>.</span>