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

  • καλὸν δέ σε φόρτον ἄγουσα, ναὶ φίλοσ, εὐκταίων ἄχρισ ἔβην λιμένων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 41 1:1)
  • τοῦ δὲ Ἀμνῶνοσ ὁμολογήσαντοσ τὸ πάθοσ ὅτι τῆσ ἀδελφῆσ ἐρᾷ τυγχανούσησ ὁμοπατρίασ, ὁδὸν αὐτῷ καὶ μηχανὴν εἰσ τὸ περιγενέσθαι τῶν εὐκταίων ὑπέθετο· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 7 202:1)
  • ὁ δὲ Δαυίδησ περιχαρὴσ γενόμενοσ ἀγαθῶν ἄγγελον τοῦτον ἔφησεν εἶναι καί τι τῶν εὐκταίων αὐτῷ φέρειν ἀπὸ τῆσ μάχησ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 7 304:3)

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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