Εὔφημος

See also: εὔφημος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὖ (eû, “well”) +‎ φήμη (phḗmē, “fame”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Εὔφημος • (Eúphēmos) m (genitive Εὐφήμου); second declension

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Euphemus

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Εὔφημος; τοῦ Εὐφήμου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Εὔφημος
ho Eúphēmos
Genitive τοῦ Εὐφήμου
toû Euphḗmou
Dative τῷ Εὐφήμῳ
tôi Euphḗmōi
Accusative τὸν Εὔφημον
tòn Eúphēmon
Vocative Εὔφημε
Eúphēme
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Εύφημος (Éffimos)
  • → Latin: Euphemus
  • → Russian: Ефим (Jefim)

Further reading
  • Εὔφημος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010
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