Εὐέπεια

eloquence, euphony

Translated by Catharine Roth5 Jul 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] beautiful speech.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εὐέπεια· ἡ καλὴ φράσις.

Betacode

*eu)e/peia: h( kalh\ fra/sis.

Same entry in ps.-Zonaras and, according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon.
The headword noun is attested in a variety of writers from Sophocles and Plato onwards; it is a particular favourite of Dionysius of Halicarnassus.