εὐώνυμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). Euphemistically refers to "left" because bad omens came from the left side.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.ɔ̌ː.ny.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈwo.ny.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈβo.ny.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈvo.ny.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈvo.ni.mos/
Adjective
εὐώνῠμος • (euṓnumos) m, f (neuter εὐώνῠμον); second declension
- of good name, honored
- having an auspicious name; fortunate, prosperous
- (euphemistic)
- on the left side
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, A. 1.15:
- ἐτάχθησαν οὖν ἐπὶ τεττάρων· εἶχε δὲ τὸ μὲν δεξιὸν Μένων καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ, τὸ δὲ εὐώνυμον Κλέαρχος καὶ οἱ ἐκείνου, τὸ δὲ μέσον οἱ ἄλλοι στρατηγοί.
- etákhthēsan oûn epì tettárōn; eîkhe dè tò mèn dexiòn Ménōn kaì hoi sùn autôi, tò dè euṓnumon Kléarkhos kaì hoi ekeínou, tò dè méson hoi álloi stratēgoí.
- So they formed the line four deep: Menon and his troops held the right wing, Clearchus and his troops the left, and the other generals the middle.
- ἐτάχθησαν οὖν ἐπὶ τεττάρων· εἶχε δὲ τὸ μὲν δεξιὸν Μένων καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ, τὸ δὲ εὐώνυμον Κλέαρχος καὶ οἱ ἐκείνου, τὸ δὲ μέσον οἱ ἄλλοι στρατηγοί.
- ominous, ill-boding
- on the left side
- (astronomy) southern, southerly
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | εὐώνῠμος euṓnumos |
εὐώνῠμον euṓnumon |
εὐωνῠ́μω euōnúmō |
εὐωνῠ́μω euōnúmō |
εὐώνῠμοι euṓnumoi |
εὐώνῠμᾰ euṓnuma | ||||||||
| Genitive | εὐωνῠ́μου euōnúmou |
εὐωνῠ́μου euōnúmou |
εὐωνῠ́μοιν euōnúmoin |
εὐωνῠ́μοιν euōnúmoin |
εὐωνῠ́μων euōnúmōn |
εὐωνῠ́μων euōnúmōn | ||||||||
| Dative | εὐωνῠ́μῳ euōnúmōi |
εὐωνῠ́μῳ euōnúmōi |
εὐωνῠ́μοιν euōnúmoin |
εὐωνῠ́μοιν euōnúmoin |
εὐωνῠ́μοις euōnúmois |
εὐωνῠ́μοις euōnúmois | ||||||||
| Accusative | εὐώνῠμον euṓnumon |
εὐώνῠμον euṓnumon |
εὐωνῠ́μω euōnúmō |
εὐωνῠ́μω euōnúmō |
εὐωνῠ́μους euōnúmous |
εὐώνῠμᾰ euṓnuma | ||||||||
| Vocative | εὐώνῠμε euṓnume |
εὐώνῠμον euṓnumon |
εὐωνῠ́μω euōnúmō |
εὐωνῠ́μω euōnúmō |
εὐώνῠμοι euṓnumoi |
εὐώνῠμᾰ euṓnuma | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| εὐωνῠ́μως euōnúmōs |
εὐωνῠμώτερος euōnumṓteros |
εὐωνῠμώτᾰτος euōnumṓtatos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Noun
εὐώνῠμος • (euṓnumos) f (genitive εὐωνῠ́μου); second declension
- spindle-tree, Euonymus europaeus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ εὐώνῠμος ho euṓnumos |
τὼ εὐωνῠ́μω tṑ euōnúmō |
οἱ εὐώνῠμοι hoi euṓnumoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ εὐωνῠ́μου toû euōnúmou |
τοῖν εὐωνῠ́μοιν toîn euōnúmoin |
τῶν εὐωνῠ́μων tôn euōnúmōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ εὐωνῠ́μῳ tôi euōnúmōi |
τοῖν εὐωνῠ́μοιν toîn euōnúmoin |
τοῖς εὐωνῠ́μοις toîs euōnúmois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν εὐώνῠμον tòn euṓnumon |
τὼ εὐωνῠ́μω tṑ euōnúmō |
τοὺς εὐωνῠ́μους toùs euōnúmous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | εὐώνῠμε euṓnume |
εὐωνῠ́μω euōnúmō |
εὐώνῠμοι euṓnumoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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References
- εὐώνυμος (A) in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- εὐώνυμος (B) in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- εὐώνυμος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εὐώνυμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- εὐώνυμος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2176 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ill-omened idem, page 416.
- inauspicious idem, page 427.
- left idem, page 484.
- sinister idem, page 779.
- unfavourable idem, page 918.
- unlucky idem, page 924.
- unpropitious idem, page 928.
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