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

  • "ἐπεὶ δ’ ἴδιον τὸ ἐρωτᾶν ὡσ μάντιν ἐστὶν ἡμῖν καὶ τὸ εὔχεσθαι κοινὸν ὡσ πρὸσ θεὸν, οὐχ ἧττον οἰόνται τῆσ πευστικῆσ τὴν εὐκτικὴν τὸ γράμμα περιέχειν δύναμιν· (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 53)

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

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