εὐφημία

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. IA 1564; 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. IA 608, 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.), δῑ 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. IA 1469; = 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, IG 12(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.).