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

  • ἤδη ’μοὶ τῷ παντόπτᾳ καὶ παντάρχᾳ θνητοὶ πάντεσ θύσουσ’ εὐκταίαισ εὐχαῖσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, strophe 11)
  • ψυχαὶ δέ τινεσ ἐπὶ γῆσ οἰκοῦσαι καὶ ἄδικον λῆμμα κεκτημέναι δῆλον ὅτι θηριώδεισ, πρὸσ τὰσ τῶν φυλάκων ψυχὰσ ἄρα κυνῶν ἢ τὰσ τῶν νομέων ἢ πρὸσ τὰσ τῶν παντάπασιν ἀκροτάτων δεσποτῶν προσπίπτουσαι, πείθουσιν θωπείαισ λόγων καὶ ἐν εὐκταίαισ τισὶν ἐπῳδαῖσ, ὡσ αἱ φῆμαί φασιν αἱ τῶν κακῶν, ἐξεῖναι πλεονεκτοῦσιν σφίσιν ἐν ἀνθρώποισ πάσχειν μηδὲν χαλεπόν· (Plato, Laws, book 10 131:1)

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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