εὔστομος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εὔστομον, ([[στόμα]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[with mouth of good size]], of dogs, X.''Cyn.''4.2; of horses, <b class="b3">εὔ. τῷ χαλινῷ</b> [[well-bitted]], opp. [[ἄστομος]], Plu.2.39a.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[with large mouth]], of cups, Luc.''Lex.'' 7; of a harbour, Poll.1.100.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[easy to keep open]], of a vein, Aret. ''CA''2.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[speak]]ing [[well]], [[eloquent]], AP14.10.8 (Comp.), Ptol. ''Tetr.''166; [[making eloquent]], [[λάγυνος]] ''AP''9.229 (Marc.Arg.). Adv. [[εὐστόμως]] = [[with clear utterance]], Ael.''NA''4.42: Sup. [[εὐστομώτατα]] ib.13.18; [[melodiously]], ib.1.43; ᾖδον Aristaenet.2.19.<br><span class="bld">2</span> like [[εὔφημος]], [[avoid]]ing words of [[ill]] [[omen]], and so, [[keep]]ing [[silence]], <b class="b3">περὶ μὲν τούτων… μοι… εὔστομα κείσθω</b> on these things… let me keep a [[religious]] [[silence]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 2.171, cf. Ael.''NA''14.28, Porph.''Abst.''2.36; [[εὔστομ' ἔχε]] = [[peace]], [[be still]]! S.''Ph.''201 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[pleasant to the mouth]], [[palatable]], [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 2.6.10 (Comp.),4.3.4, Sor.1.94, Dsc.1.110 (Comp.).