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δυσφημία

δυσφημία, ill language, words of ill omen

δυσφημ-ία, ἡ,
  • ill language, esp. words of ill omen, κατεῖχε . . πᾶν στρατόπεδον δυσφημίαις S. Ph. 10, dub. in J. AJ 16.4.1: pl., curses, Plu. Gen.Socr. 2.587f, cf. Pel. 8; but, unsavoury details, Demetr. Eloc. 302.
    • II blasphemy, slander, D.H. 6.48, etc.
    • III ill fame, obloquy, S. Fr. 178 (pl.), Them. Or. 7.99c.

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