Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐκταῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐκταῖος εὐκταῖη εὐκταῖον

Structure: εὐκται (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: eu)/xomai

Sense

  1. of or for prayer, votive, devoted, votive offerings, vows, prayers
  2. invoked by prayer
  3. prayed for

Examples

  • εὐκταῖα φαίνων ἢ ἀπὸ μαντείασ τινόσ; (Sophocles, Trachiniae, choral 1:11)
  • τῶν δ’ ὥσπερ τὰ εὐκταῖα ἀναθήματα χεῖρεσ ἐπ’ ἄκρων τοίχων, τῶν δὲ πόδεσ, τῶν δ’ ἄλλο τι λείψανον ἑωρᾶτο· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:5)
  • ὦ πότνια Λήθη τῶν κακῶν, ὡσ εἶ σοφὴ καὶ τοῖσι δυστυχοῦσιν εὐκταία θεόσ. (Euripides, episode4)
  • ἐξέπραξεν, οὐδ’ ἀπεῖπεν πατρόθεν εὐκταία φάτισ· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, antistrophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. invoked by prayer

  2. prayed for

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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