εὐφημέω: Difference between revisions

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