Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐύ̈κτιτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐύ̈κτιτος ἐύ̈κτιτον

Structure: ἐϋκτιτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = e)u+kti/menos, Il., Hhymn.

Sense

Examples

  • οἳ δὲ Πύλον τ’ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ἀρήνην ἐρατεινὴν καὶ Θρύον Ἀλφειοῖο πόρον καὶ ἐύ̈κτιτον Αἰπὺ καὶ Κυπαρισσήεντα καὶ Ἀμφιγένειαν ἔναιον καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλοσ καὶ Δώριον, ἔνθά τε Μοῦσαι ἀντόμεναι Θάμυριν τὸν Θρήϊκα παῦσαν ἀοιδῆσ Οἰχαλίηθεν ἰόντα παρ’ Εὐρύτου Οἰχαλιῆοσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 55:1)
  • ἣ δὲ πρήσσουσα κέλευθον Ἀρήνην ἵκανε καὶ Ἀργυφέην ἐρατεινὴν καὶ Θρύον, Ἀλφειοῖο πόρον, καὶ ἐύκτιτον Αἶπυ καὶ Πύλον ἠμαθόεντα Πυλοιγενέασ τ’ ἀνθρώπουσ. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 27:13)
  • περὶ δὲ τῆσ ὑπὸ τῷ Νέστορι οὕτω φησίν οἳ δὲ Πύλον τ’ ἐνέμοντο καὶ Ἀρήνην ἐρατεινὴν καὶ Θρύον, Ἀλφειοῖο πόρον, καὶ ἐύκτιτον Αἶπυ καὶ Κυπαρισσήεντα καὶ Ἀμφιγένειαν ἔναιον καὶ Πτελεὸν καὶ Ἕλοσ καὶ Δώριον, ἔνθα τε Μοῦσαι ἀντόμεναι Θάμυριν τὸν Θρήικα παῦσαν ἀοιδῆσ, Οἰχαλίηθεν ἰόντα παρ’ Εὐρύτου Οἰχαλιῆοσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 3 48:2)
  • τὸ εὔκτιτον δ’ Αἶπυ ἔνιοι μὲν ζητοῦσι πότερον ποτέρου ἐπίθετον, καὶ τίσ ἡ πόλισ, καὶ εἰ αἱ νῦν Μαργάλαι τῆσ Ἀμφιδολίασ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 3 48:9)
  • τάχα δέ φασι Θρύον μὲν εἰρῆσθαι τὸν πόρον, εὔκτιτον δ’ Αἶπυ τὸ Ἐπιτάλιον· (Strabo, Geography, Book 8, chapter 3 48:15)

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

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