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Headword:
Eustomein
Adler number: epsilon,3753
Translated headword: to speak euphonious words
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The [verb that means] to speak auspiciously.[1] And the Ionians say eu)/stoma kei/sqw ["let euphonious words prevail"].[2]
Greek Original:Eustomein: to euphêmein. kai hoi Iônes eustoma keisthô phasi.
Notes:
See also
epsilon 3754 (the adjective
eu)/stomos).
[1] cf. a scholion on
Aristophanes,
Clouds 834 (where the imperative
eu)sto/mei occurs: web address 1).
[2]
Herodotus 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).
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; religion
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 11 October 2006@01:25:56.
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