εὐφημία
ὁ γὰρ ἀποθανὼν δεδικαίωται ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας → anyone who has died has been set free from sin, the person who has died has been freed from sin, someone who has died has been freed from sin (Romans 6:7)
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A use of words of good omen, opp. δυσφημία: I abstinence from inauspicious language, religious silence, εὐφημίαν ἴσχε, = εὐφήμει, S.Tr.178; εὐ. ἐσχηκέναι πρός τινα Pl.Lg.717c; εὐφημία στω, eu)fhmi/a 'stw, as a proclamation of silence before a prayer, Ar. Th.295, cf.Av.959; so εὐφημίαν . . κηρύξας ἔχω S.Fr.893; Ταλθύβιος . . εὐφημίαν ἀνεῖπε καὶ σιγὴν στρατῷ E.IA1564; μετ' εὐ. διδάσκειν Pl. Lg.949b; ἐν εὐ. χρὴ τελευτᾶν Id.Phd.117e; πρὸς εὐφημίαν τρεπέσθω Luc.Laps.17. II in positive sense, auspiciousness, λόγων εὐ. E.IA608, Aeschin.1.169; πᾶσαν εὐ. παρειχόμην D.Ep.2.19; esp. a fair or honourable name for a bad thing, euphemism (as Εὐμενίδες, εὐφρόνη, etc.), δι' εὐφημίας Pl.Lg.736a; εὐφημίας ἕνεκα Aeschin.3.92, cf. Plu.2.449a. 2 f.l. for εὐφωνία, Demetr.Eloc.175. III prayer and praise, worship, offered to the gods, E.IA1469; = εὐχή, Pl.Alc.2.149b; εὐξάμενον μετ' εὐφημίας Din.2.14: pl., Pi.P. 10.35. 2 honour, good repute enjoyed by men, Phld.Ind.Sto. 16,20; ἀθάνατος εὐ. D.S1.2; opp. δυσφημία, 2 Ep.Cor.6.8; ἀδιάλειπτος Plu.2.121e; ἡ ὕστερον εὐ. D.Chr.31.20; τὴν παρὰ πᾶσιν ἀγαθὴν εὐ.good repute, IG12(5).860.39 (Tenos, i B. C.); ἡ ἐκ τῶν ξένων εὐ. OGI 339.30 (Sestos, ii B. C.); panegyric, Jul.Or.3.106a, Lib.Or.62.3; ἡ εὐ. σου, as a form of address, PLond.3.891.9 (iv A. D.); αἱ εὐ. plaudits, acclamations in a local senate, POxy.2110.2 (iv A. D.).
