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Εὐστομεῖν · to speak euphonious words (ε 3753) · Suda

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Near ε3753

ε3749well-crowned
ε3750Eustephios, Eustephius
ε3751well-trodden
ε3752well-mannered
ε3753to speak euphonious words
ε3754with a good mouth
ε3755Eustochios, Eustochius
ε3756singeing-pit
ε3757prosperity

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3753

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Εὐστομεῖν

to speak euphonious words

Translated by Catharine Roth11 Oct 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

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2 notes · 17 words

Translation

The [verb that means] to speak auspiciously.¹ And the Ionians say eu)/stoma kei/sqw ["let euphonious words prevail"].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εὐστομεῖν· τὸ εὐφημεῖν. καὶ οἱ Ἴωνες εὔστομα κείσθω φασί.

Betacode

*eu)stomei=n: to\ eu)fhmei=n. kai\ oi( *)/iwnes eu)/stoma kei/sqw fasi/.

Notes (2)

See also epsilon 3754 (the adjective eu)/stomos).
1cf. a scholion on Aristophanes, Clouds 834 (where the imperative eu)sto/mei occurs: web address 1). ↩
2Herodotus 2.171.1 (web address 2): the historian says that he could give a full account of the Mystery-ceremonies associated with the death of Osiris (omicron 693) but will instead maintain a pious silence. Same again in 2.171.2 in respect of the Eleusinian Mysteries; and this Herodotean phrase was apparently memorable enough to be quoted three times by Plutarch (Moralia 417C, 607C, 636E).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

ε3754Εὔστομονwith a good mouth[Meaning] with a good countenance. From a part [sc. for the whole].
ε3793Εὐφημησμός Εὐφήμου στόμα φροντίδοςreligious silence"Mouth of religiously-silent thought", [meaning its] voice. For [the word] mouth [can also mean] the voice. Homer [writes]: "war's mouth". And Sophocles [writes]: "of a bronze-mouthed bell". The sense [is], they…

Neighbouring entries

ε3751Εὐστιβήςwell-trodden ε3752Εὔστολονwell-mannered ε3753Εὐστομεῖνto speak euphonious words ε3754Εὔστομονwith a good mouth ε3755ΕὐστόχιοςEustochios, Eustochius

Revision history5 revisions · last 16 Mar 2016

16 Mar 2016cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Nov 2012upgraded links, coding — Catharine Roth
15 Nov 2012Revised — David Whitehead
11 Oct 2006more for n.2 — David Whitehead
11 Oct 2006tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
11 Oct 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Εὐστομεῖν (Adler number epsilon 3753), trans. Catharine Roth, 11 Oct 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3753

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗