εὐφημ-ία, ἡ,
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
1. in positive sense, auspiciousness, λόγων εὐ. E. IA 608, Aeschin. 1.169; πᾶσαν εὐ. παρειχόμην D. [Eph 2:19]; esp. a fair or honourable name for a bad thing, euphemism (as Εὐμενίδες, εὐφρόνη, etc.), δι’ εὐφημίας Pl. Lg. 736a; εὐφημίας ἕνεκα Aeschin. 3.92, cf. Plu. 2.449a.
2. f.l. for εὐφωνία, Demetr. Eloc. 175.
III
1. 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, [2Co 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.).
G2162 — εὐφημία
εὐφημίας, ἡ (εὔφημος, which see), properly, the utterance of good or auspicious words; hence, good report, praise: [2Co 6:8] (opp: to δυσφημία), as in Diodorus 1, 2 (4 edition, Dindorf); Aelian v. h. 3, 47. (In different senses in other authors from Pindar, Sophocles, and Plato down.)