εὐώνυμος, εὐώνυμον (εὖ and ὄνομα); 1. of good name (Hesiod, Pindar), and of good omen (Plato, polit., p. 302 d.; legg. 6, p. 754 e.); in the latter sense used in taking auguries; but those omens were euphemistically called εὐώνυμα which in fact were regarded as unlucky, i. e. which came from the left, sinister omens (for which a good name was desired); hence, 2. left (so from Aeschylus and Herodotus down): Act_21:3; Rev_10:2; ἐξ εὐωνύμων (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 27, 3; § 19 under the word δεξιά; Buttmann, 89 (78)), on the left hand (to the left): Mat_20:21; Mat_20:23; Mat_25:33; Mat_25:41; Mat_27:38; Mar_10:37 (R G L), ; .

εὐώνυμος euōnymos 9x of good name or omen; used also as an euphemism by the Greeks instead of ἀριστερός , which was a word of bad import, as al l omens on the left denoted misfortune; the left, Mat_20:21 ; Mat_20:23 ; Mat_25:33 ; Mat_25:41

εὐώνυμος , -ον (εὖ , ὄνομα ), [in LXX chiefly for H8040 ;] 1. of good name or omen. 2. Euphemistic for ἀριστερός , left: Act_21:3 , Rev_10:2 ; ἐξ εὐωνύμων , on the left: Mat_20:21 ; Mat_20:23 ; Mat_25:33 ; Mat_25:41 ; Mat_27:38 , Mar_10:40 ; Mar_15:27 .†

εὐώνυμος [page 269] It is curious that, while δεξιός is common, εὐώνυμος does not occur at all in the indices to P Oxy I. XII. and BGU I. IV. For an interesting usage see the astrological P Ryl II. 63 cited s.v. δεξιός , and cf. Syll 801, a V/B.C. inscr. from Ephesus dealing with augury, where it is laid down that if a bird flying from right to left concealed its wing, it was a good omen (δεξιός ), but if it raised its left wing (ἢν δὲ ἐπάρει τὴ [ν ε ]ὐώνυμον πτέρυγα ), then, whether it raised or concealed the wing, it was of ill omen (εὐώνυμος ).

εὐώνυμος, -ον (εὖ, ὄνομα), [in LXX chiefly for שְׂמֹאול ;] __1. of good name or omen. __2. Euphemistic for ἀριστερός, left: Act.21:3, Rev.10:2; ἐξ εὐωνύμων, on the left: Mat.20:21, 23 25:33, 41 27:38, Mrk.10:40 15:27.† (AS)