εὐφημισμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō, “speak sounds of good omen”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “suffix forming abstract nouns”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.pʰɛː.miz.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eʍ.pʰe̝.mizˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eɸ.ɸi.mizˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ef.fi.mizˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ef.fi.mizˈmos/
Noun
εὐφημισμός • (euphēmismós) m (genitive εὐφημισμοῦ); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ εὐφημισμός ho euphēmismós |
τὼ εὐφημισμώ tṑ euphēmismṓ |
οἱ εὐφημισμοί hoi euphēmismoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ εὐφημισμοῦ toû euphēmismoû |
τοῖν εὐφημισμοῖν toîn euphēmismoîn |
τῶν εὐφημισμῶν tôn euphēmismôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ εὐφημισμῷ tōî euphēmismōî |
τοῖν εὐφημισμοῖν toîn euphēmismoîn |
τοῖς εὐφημισμοῖς toîs euphēmismoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν εὐφημισμόν tòn euphēmismón |
τὼ εὐφημισμώ tṑ euphēmismṓ |
τοὺς εὐφημισμούς toùs euphēmismoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | εὐφημισμέ euphēmismé |
εὐφημισμώ euphēmismṓ |
εὐφημισμοί euphēmismoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- εὐφημισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εὐφημισμός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “εὐφημισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press