εὐώνυμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ον, ([[ὄνομα]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[of good name]], [[honoured]], Hes.Th.409, Pi.O.2.7, etc.; εὐώνυμος [[χάρις]] = the [[honour]] [[of a good name]], Id.P.11.58; [[δίκη]]… μὴ εὐώνυμος = not [[creditable]], Pl.Lg. 754e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[expressed in well-chosen terms]], [[λόγος]] Luc.Lex.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[having an auspicious name]] or [[having an auspicious sound]], [[ἀριστοκρατία]] Pl.Plt.302d; [[πρόσρημα]] D.C.52.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[prosperous]], [[fortunate]], [[δίκα]], [[πόδες]], Pi.N. 7.48, 8.47, cf. Eust.895.37.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[epithet]] of [[Artemis]], Ἀρχ. Ἐφ. 1914.20 (Gonni, iv/iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> euphemism (like [[ἀριστερός]]) for [[left]], [[on the left hand]] (because [[bad]] [[omen]]s came from the [[left]]), [[ὠλένη]] εὐώνυμος S.Tr.926; [[ἐξ εὐωνύμου χειρός]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.109; [[ἐξ εὐωνύμου]] (''[[sc.]]'' χειρός) Id.1.72; [[κατὰ τὰ εὐώνυμα]] X.Lac.11.10; εἰς τὰ εὐώνυμα [[παρεκκλίνειν]] Arist.PA 666b7; ἐπὶ τὰ εὐώνυμα [[ἀνακλίνεσθαι]] Id.HA498a11; [[ἐξ εὐωνύμων]] Ev.Matt. 20.21; as military term, τὸ εὐώνυμον [[κέρας]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.111, Th.5.67, etc.; [[τὸ εὐώνυμον]] (without [[κέρας]]) Th.4.96.<br><span class="bld">2</span> euphemism of [[bad]] [[omen]]s, opp. [[οἱ δεξιοὶ φύσιν]], A.Pr.490, cf.SIG1167.3 (Ephesus, vi/v B. C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> Astron., [[southerly]], Cleom.1.1.(B) ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[spindle tree]], [[Euonymus europaeus]], Plin.HN13.118; τὸ εὐώνυμον [[δένδρον]] Thphr.HP3.18.13.