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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - εὐώνυμος
εὐώνυμος
G2176
Transliteration: euṓnymos
Pronunciation: yoo-o'-noo-mos
Definition: left
- Original: εὐώνυμος - Transliteration: Euonumos - Phonetic: yoo-o'-noo-mos
- Definition:
1. of good name and of good omen
a. in the latter sense used in taking auguries; but those omens were euphemistically called "euonumos" which in fact were regarded as unlucky, i.e. which came from the left, sinister omens, (for which a good name was desired)
2. left, on the left hand
- Origin: from G2095" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2095 and G3686" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3686 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From G2095" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2095 and G3686" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3686; properly well named (good omened) that is the left (which was the lucky side among the pagan Greeks); neuter as adverb at the left hand: - (on the) left.