A.of good signs or omens, “φάσμα ναυβάταις” E.IA252 (lyr.), cf. Plu. Caes.43; “ἱερά” Philostr. VA8.7.12; [πῦρ] ib.1.31.
II. easily known by signs, conspicuous, εὔσημον γὰρ οὔ μελανθάνει [τὸ πλοῖον] A.Supp.714; “καπνῷ δ᾽ ἁλοῦσα . . εὔ. πόλις” Id.Ag.818; “σημεῖα” Hp.Mochl.16; “τόπος” Annuario 4/5.225 (Rhodes, ii B.C.); “ἴχνη” Thphr.CP6.19.5 (Comp.); οὐκ εὔσημον, ὅθεν . . not easy to distinguish, ib.3.8.2; legible, clear, “ὅπως -σαμοτέρα ὑπάρχῃ ἁ ἀναγραφά” SIG1023.96 (Cos, iii/ii B.C.); “εὔ. γράμματα” OGI665.12 (Egypt, i A.D.); “εὔ. προσαγόρευσις” Men.381; of sound, distinct, βοαι S.Ant.1021; “ἦχοι” Phld.Po.2.16 (Sup.); wellmarked, “βραχίων” Philostr.Gym.35; “οὐλὴ εὔσημος” PPetr.1p.54 (iii B.C.).
2. clear, intelligible, “λόγον εὔ. δοῦναι” 1 Ep.Cor.14.9; “διδασκαλία” Erot.Prooem., Heliod. ap. Orib.48.20.7.
5. of garments, with fine edging, BGU1564.11 (ii A.D.).
II. Adv. -μως clearly, distinctly, “ἔχειν” Arist.Mete. 363a27; “μεμνῆσθαι” Str.10.2.23; “προσανένεγκε” POxy.1188.5 (i A.D.): Sup. -ότατα Plu.2.1022a.