εὐώνυμος

English (LSJ)

(A), ον, (ὄνομα)

   A of good name, honoured, Hes.Th.409, Pi.O.2.7, etc.; εὐ. χάρις the honour of a good name, Id.P.11.58; δίκη . . μὴ εὐ. not creditable, Pl.Lg. 754e.    2 expressed in well-chosen terms, λόγος Luc.Lex.1.    II having an auspicious name or sound, ἀριστοκρατία Pl.Plt.302d; πρόσρημα D.C.52.4.    2 prosperous, fortunate, δίκα, πόδες, Pi.N. 7.48, 8.47, cf. Eust.895.37.    3 epith. of Artemis, Ἀρχ. Ἐφ. 1914.20 (Gonni, iv/iii B.C.).    III euphem. (like ἀριστερός) for left, on the left hand (because bad omens came from the left), ὠλένη εὐ. S.Tr.926; ἐξ εὐωνύμου χειρός Hdt.7.109; ἐξ εὐωνύμου (sc. χειρός) Id.1.72; κατὰ τὰ εὐ. X.Lac.11.10; εἰς τὰ εὐ. παρεκκλίνειν Arist.PA 666b7; ἐπὶ τὰ εὐ. ἀνακλίνεσθαι Id.HA498a11; ἐξ -ωνύμων Ev.Matt. 20.21; as military term, τὸ εὐ. κέρας Hdt.6.111, Th.5.67, etc.; τὸ εὐ. (without κέρας) Th.4.96.    2 euphem. of bad omens, opp.οἱ δεξιοὶ φύσιν, A.Pr.490, cf.SIG1167.3 (Ephesus, vi/v B. C.).    3 Astron., southerly, Cleom.1.1.
εὐώνυμ-ος (B), ἡ,

   A spindle-tree, Euonymus europaeus, Plin.HN13.118; τὸ εὐ. δένδρον Thphr.HP3.18.13.