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

  • ἐξ ἀρχᾶσ λόχιαι στερρὰν παιδείαν Μοῖραι ξυντείνουσιν θεαί, τᾷ μναστευθείσᾳ ’ξ Ἑλλάνων, ἃν πρωτόγονον θάλοσ ἐν θαλάμοισ Λήδασ ἁ τλάμων κούρα σφάγιον πατρῴᾳ λώβᾳ καὶ θῦμ’ οὐκ εὐγάθητον ἔτεκεν, ἔτρεφεν εὐκταίαν· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, choral, anapests 3:2)
  • πέφρικα τὰν ὠλεσίοικον θεόν, οὐ θεοῖσ ὁμοίαν, παναλαθῆ κακόμαντιν πατρὸσ εὐκταίαν Ἐρινὺν τελέσαι τὰσ περιθύμουσ κατάρασ Οἰδιπόδα βλαψίφρονοσ· (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, choral, strophe 11)
  • καὶ πεπτωκότι τρίτην ἐπενδίδωμι, τοῦ κατὰ χθονὸσ Διὸσ νεκρῶν σωτῆροσ εὐκταίαν χάριν. (Aeschylus, Agamemnon, episode, anapests 6:9)

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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