εὔφημ-ος,
Doric dialect εὔφᾱμος, ον, (φήμη)
uttering sounds of good omen, ἀετός [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
I)
abstaining from inauspicious words, i.e.
religiously silent, εὔφημον. κοίμησον στόμα [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; εὐφάμου στόμα φροντίδος ἱέντες moving the lips of
reverent thought, i.e. keeping a holy silence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ὑπ᾽ εὐφήμου βοῆς, i.e. in silence, [
Refs]; εὔφημα φώνει, ={εὐφήμει}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2)
mild, softening [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὸ -ότατον, Latin
in meliorem partem, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+].
adverb comparative -ότερον [
Refs]
I.3)
fair-spoken, εἰς τὸ δαιμόνιον [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II) in positive sense,
fair-sounding, auspicious, μῦθοι [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; εὔ. πόνοι
pious, holy, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ᾠδῆς γένος, ἐρωτήματα, [
NT+5th c.BC+].
adverb -μως
with or
in words of good omen, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
comparative -ότερον [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
III)
laudatory, λόγοι εὔ.
panegyrics, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]