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ἐπευφημ-έω ,
A.assent with a shout of applause, c. inf., “πάντες ἐπευφήμησαν Ἀχαιοὶ αἰδεῖσθαί θ᾽ ἱερῆα” Il.1.22; cf. A.R.4.295: abs., Ph. 2.28, Plu.Galb.14.
II. c. acc. pers., Ἥρην ἐ. glorify, sing praises to her, Musae.275.
2. c. acc. et dat. rei, sing over or in furtherance of, “χοαῖσι . . ὕμνους ἐπευφημεῖτε” A.Pers.620; “ἐπευφήμησαν εὐχαῖσιν . . παιᾶνα” E.IT1403.
3. c. dupl. acc., ἐμὰς τύχας παιᾶν᾽ ἐπηυφήμησεν sang a paean over my fortunes, A.Fr.350.4; folld. by dat., ἐ. παιᾶνα τἠμῇ συμφορᾷ Ἄρτεμιν sing the paean in praise of her over my fate, E.IA1467.
4. c. acc. et dat., ἐ. νόστον τινί wish them a happy return, A.R.1.556.
5. c. dupl. acc., call for the sake of good omen, Heraclit.All.68:—Pass., “θεῶν παῖδες οἱ ἥρωες -οῦνται” Hierocl.in CA 3p.425M.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Aeschylus, Persians, 620
    • Euripides, Iphigeneia in Aulis, 1467
    • Euripides, Iphigeneia in Taurus, 1403
    • Homer, Iliad, 1.22
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1.556
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4.295
    • Plutarch, Galba, 14
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