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

  • ἐντεῦθεν δὲ πλέων ἐπὶ τριήρων καὶ πάσασ τὰσ ἐν τῷ παράπλῳ πόλεισ ἐπελθὼν εὐκταίωσ αὐτὸν δεχομένασ, ἀπὸ τῆσ Ιὠνίασ εἰσ τὴν Ἑλλάδα περαιοῦται κἀκεῖθεν ἀπὸ Κερκύρασ ἐπ’ ἄκραν Ιἀπυγίαν, ὅθεν ἤδη κατὰ γῆν ἐποιεῖτο τὴν πορείαν. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 28:1)

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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