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εὐώνυμος

εὐώνυμος, of good name, left

εὐώνυμος2, spindle-tree, Euonymus europaeus

εὐώνυμ-ος (A), ον, (ὄνομα)
  • 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.
εὐώνυμ-ος (B), ἡ,
  • spindle-tree, Euonymus europaeus, Plin. HN 13.118; τὸ εὐ. δένδρον Thphr. HP 3.18.13.

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