εὐώνυμος

A. of good name, honoured, Hes. Th. 409, Pi. O. 2.7, etc.; εὐ. χάρις the honour of a good name, Id. P. 11.58; δίκη . . μὴ εὐ. not creditable, Pl. Lg. 754e.

2. expressed in well-chosen terms, λόγος Luc. Lex. 1.

II. having an auspicious name or sound, ἀριστοκρατία Pl. Plt. 302d; πρόσρημα D.C. 52.4.

2. prosperous, fortunate, δίκα, πόδες, Pi. N. 7.48, 8.47, cf. Eust. 895.37.

3. epith. of Artemis, Ἀρχ. Ἐφ. 1914.20 (Gonni, iv/iii B.C.).

III. euphem. (like ἀριστερός) for left, on the left hand (because bad omens came from the left), ὠλένη εὐ. S. Tr. 926; ἐξ εὐωνύμου χειρός Hdt. 7.109; ἐξ εὐωνύμου (sc. χειρός) Id. 1.72; κατὰ τὰ εὐ. X. Lac. 11.10; εἰς τὰ εὐ. παρεκκλίνειν Arist. PA 666b7; ἐπὶ τὰ εὐ. ἀνακλίνεσθαι Id. HA 498a11; ἐξ ‐ωνύμων Ev.Matt. 20.21; as military term, τὸ εὐ. κέρας Hdt. 6.111, Th. 5.67, etc.; τὸ εὐ. (without κέρας) Th. 4.96.

2. euphem. of bad omens, opp.οἱ δεξιοὶ φύσιν, A. Pr. 490, cf.SIG 1167.3 (Ephesus, vi/v B. C.).

3. Astron., southerly, Cleom. 1.1.