Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐκτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐκτικός εὐκτική εὐκτικόν

Structure: εὐκτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: eu)kto/s

Sense

  1. expressing a wish, votive

Examples

  • καὶ τὰ εὐκτικὰ τῆσ ἀφελείασ μᾶλλον εἶναι δοκεῖ, ὡσ ἄξιοσ εἰή, καὶ εἰ εὐσεβοῖεν, καὶ ὡσ φαίη Σωκράτησ, καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα· (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 13 11:1)
  • τὰ δὲ εὐκτικὰ καθαρὸν ποιεῖ τὸν λόγον. (Aristides, Aelius, Ars Rhetorica, , chapter 13 11:3)
  • Εὐκτικά ἤγειρεν ἡμῖν τῶν παθῶν τρικυμίαν ἐχθρὸσ κάκιστοσ, πνευματώσασ τὸν σάλον, ὅθεν ταράσσει καὶ βυθίζει καὶ βρέχει τὸν φόρτον ἡμῶν ψυχικῆσ τῆσ ὁλκάδοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 1181)

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

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