εὐφημ-ία, ἡ,
use of words of good omen, opposed to δυσφημία:
__I abstinence from inauspicious language, religious silence, εὐφημίαν ἴσχε, ={εὐφήμει}, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 178; εὐ. ἐσχηκέναι πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 717c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐφημία ʼστω, εὐφημία ʼστω, as a proclamation of silence before a prayer, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 295, compare “Av.” 959; so εὐφημίαν.. κηρύξας ἔχω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 893; Ταλθύβιος.. εὐφημίαν ἀνεῖπε καὶ σιγὴν στρατῷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1564; μετ᾽ εὐ. διδάσκειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 949b; ἐν εὐ. χρὴ τελευτᾶν [prev. author] “Phd.” 117e; πρὸς εὐφημίαν τρεπέσθω 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Laps.” 17. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II in positive sense, auspiciousness, λόγων εὐ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 608, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.169; πᾶσαν εὐ. παρειχόμην 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 2.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially a fair or honourable name for a bad thing, euphemism (as Εὐμενίδες, εὐφρόνη, etc.), δι᾽ εὐφημίας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 736a; εὐφημίας ἕνεκα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.92, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.449a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 falsa lectio for{εὐφωνία}, [[ 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 175. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III prayer and praise, worship, offered to the gods, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1469 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ={εὐχή}, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.149b; εὐξάμενον μετ᾽ εὐφημίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.14: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.35. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]