εὐφημισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐφημίζω (euphēmízō, “speak sounds of good omen”) +‎ -ισμός (-ismós, “suffix forming abstract nouns”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.pʰɛː.miz.mós/ → /eɸ.ɸi.mizˈmos/ → /ef.fi.mizˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.pʰɛː.miz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ew.pʰe̝.mizˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸ.ɸi.mizˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ef.fi.mizˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ef.fi.mizˈmos/

Noun

εὐφημισμός • (euphēmismós) m (genitive εὐφημισμοῦ); second declension

1. a euphemism

Declension

Second declension of ὁ εὐφημισμός; τοῦ εὐφημισμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ εὐφημισμός ho euphēmismós	τὼ εὐφημισμώ tṑ euphēmismṓ	οἱ εὐφημισμοί hoi euphēmismoí
Genitive	τοῦ εὐφημισμοῦ toû euphēmismoû	τοῖν εὐφημισμοῖν toîn euphēmismoîn	τῶν εὐφημισμῶν tôn euphēmismôn
Dative	τῷ εὐφημισμῷ tôi euphēmismôi	τοῖν εὐφημισμοῖν toîn euphēmismoîn	τοῖς εὐφημισμοῖς toîs euphēmismoîs
Accusative	τὸν εὐφημισμόν tòn euphēmismón	τὼ εὐφημισμώ tṑ euphēmismṓ	τοὺς εὐφημισμούς toùs euphēmismoús
Vocative	εὐφημισμέ euphēmismé	εὐφημισμώ euphēmismṓ	εὐφημισμοί euphēmismoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• εὐφημισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “εὐφημισμός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “εὐφημισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press