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εὐκταῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐκταῖος εὐκταῖη εὐκταῖον

Structure: εὐκται (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: eu)/xomai

Sense

of or for prayer, votive, devoted, votive offerings, vows, prayers
invoked by prayer
prayed for

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	εὐκταῖος	εὐκταίᾱ	εὐκταῖον
	Genitive	εὐκταίου	εὐκταίᾱς	εὐκταίου
	Dative	εὐκταίῳ	εὐκταίᾱͅ	εὐκταίῳ
	Accusative	εὐκταῖον	εὐκταίᾱν	εὐκταῖον
	Vocative	εὐκταῖε	εὐκταίᾱ	εὐκταῖον
Dual	N/A/V	εὐκταίω	εὐκταίᾱ	εὐκταίω
Dual	G/D	εὐκταίοιν	εὐκταίαιν	εὐκταίοιν
Plural	Nominative	εὐκταῖοι	εὐκταῖαι	εὐκταῖα
	Genitive	εὐκταίων	εὐκταιῶν	εὐκταίων
	Dative	εὐκταίοις	εὐκταίαις	εὐκταίοις
	Accusative	εὐκταίους	εὐκταίᾱς	εὐκταῖα
	Vocative	εὐκταῖοι	εὐκταῖαι	εὐκταῖα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	εὐκταῖος εὐκταίου	εὐκταιότερος εὐκταιοτέρου	εὐκταιότατος εὐκταιοτάτου
Adverb	εὐκταίως	εὐκταιότερον	εὐκταιότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

ἐγὼ δέ, ω Ζεῦ, τὰ μὲν τοιαῦτα οὑκ ἐνοχλήσω σε πλοῦτον ἢ χρυσὸν ἢ βασιλείαν αἰτῶν, ἅπερ εὐκταιότατα τοῖσ πολλοῖσ, σοὶ δ’ οὐ πάνυ ῥᾴδια παρασχεῖν ὁρῶ γοῦν σε τὰ πολλὰ παρακούοντα εὐχομένων αὐτῶν. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 1:1)
ὃ γὰρ οὗτοσ ἀπαιτεῖ παρ’ ἐμοῦ, τοῦτο ὡσ ἐνῆν ἄριστα διεπραξάμην, καὶ τὸν τύραννον ἀπέκτεινα ἑτέρῳ ’ φόνῳ, οὐχ ἁπλῶσ οὐδὲ πληγῇ μιᾷ, ὅπερ εὐκταιότατον ἦν αὐτῷ ἐπὶ τηλικούτοισ ἀδικήμασιν, ἀλλὰ λύπῃ προβασανίσασ πολλῇ καὶ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσ δείξασ τὰ φίλτατα οἰκτρῶσ προκείμενα, υἱὸν ἐν ἡλικίᾳ, εἰ καὶ πονηρόν, ἀλλ’ οὖν καὶ ἀκμάζοντα καὶ ὅμοιον τῷ πατρί, αἵματοσ καὶ λύθρου ἐμπεπλησμένον. (Lucian, Tyrannicida, (no name) 17:10)
ἐπαινῶ, ὅτι τὴν εὐκταιοτάτην ἑορτὴν ἄγων τοὺσ σοφωτάτουσ ἑστιᾶν πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων ἠξίωσεν, ὅ τι περ τὸ κεφάλαιον ἐξ ἑκάστησ αἱρέσεωσ ἀπανθισάμενοσ, οὐχὶ τοὺσ μέν, τοὺσ δὲ οὔ, ἀλλὰ ἀναμὶξ ἅπαντασ. (Lucian, Symposium, (no name) 10:1)
Τοῦτο μὲν αὐτόν σε καλῶσ ἔχει ἐσκέφθαι ὅ τι σοι εὐκταῖον, εἰ μὴ καὶ μάντιν ἅμα ἐθέλεισ εἶναι τὸν ἄρχοντα, εἰδέναι τί σοι ἥδιον αἰτεῖν· (Lucian, Saturnalia, 1:2)
ἤδη ’μοὶ τῷ παντόπτᾳ καὶ παντάρχᾳ θνητοὶ πάντεσ θύσουσ’ εὐκταίαισ εὐχαῖσ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parabasis, strophe 11)

Synonyms

invoked by prayer
- κλητός (invoked)
prayed for
- δημάρατος (prayed for by the people)
- ἀραῖος (prayed to or entreated)
- ἀρατός (prayed for, the prayed-for, Samuel)
- ἄνευκτος (not wishing, not praying)

ἐξαιρετέος (to be taken out or removed)
κρησφύγετον (a place of refuge)
καθεκτός (to be held back or checked)
ἐφεδρεύω (to sit upon)
ἀποδεικτέος (one must prove)
ἀνεμέσητος (free from blame)
ἐπιχειρητέος (one must attempt or attack)
ἀντάλλαγμα (that which is given)
ἐπαγγέλλω (to tell)
ταπείνωσις (humiliation)
βαδιστέος (one must walk or go)
κινδυνευτέος (one must venture)
γνωστέος (one must know)
φιλητός (to be loved)
νεάζω (to be young or new)
κερδαίνω (to gain)
εὐεπίθετος (easy to set upon or attack)
εὐηθικός (good-natured)
θαυμαστέος (to be admired)
βοηθητέος (one must help)
σιταγωγός (conveying or transporting corn)
δυσαπάλλακτος (hard to get rid of)
πυρέσσω (I am feverish)
δυσκατάπαυστος (hard to check)
πάραυτα (in like manner)
ἀνεπίγραφος (without title or inscription)
ἡνιοχεία (chariot-driving)
ἐπιπέμπω (to send besides or again)
σκῆψις (a pretext)
κακοτεχνία (bad art)

Similar forms

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

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εὐκταῖος

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invoked by prayer

prayed for

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Sense

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invoked by prayer

prayed for

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