Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐκτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐκτός εὐκτή εὐκτόν

Structure: εὐκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: eu)/xomai

Sense

  1. wished for, what they wish for
  2. to be wished for
  3. vowed, dedicated

Examples

  • ὁ καιρὸσ εὐκτόσ ὠφελοῦ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 21 1:2)
  • Εὐκτὸσ ὁ τῶ βατράχω παῖδεσ βίοσ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 46)
  • ἐκείνοισ μὲν οὖν οὕτω διακειμένοισ ὁ βίοσ οἰκτρὸσ καὶ ὁ θάνατοσ εὐκτόσ· (Lysias, Speeches, 85:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἀποσκοποῦν τὴν Ιοὐδαίων διάνοιαν, ὡσ εὐκτὸσ αὐτοῖσ καὶ πάνυ κεχαρισμένοσ ὁ θάνατοσ αὐτοῦ διὰ τὸ καὶ ζῶντοσ ἐπὶ ἀποστάσει ἐπείγεσθαι καὶ ὕβρει τῶν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ προτιθεμένων· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 17 208:1)
  • τῇ δὲ εὐκτὸσ ὁ λόγοσ ἦν καὶ ταῖσ τε φίλαισ ἐνεκαλλωπίζετο τῇ ἐπὶ τοιούτοισ ἀξιώσει τοῦ Ἀνούβιδοσ καὶ φράζει πρὸσ τὸν ἄνδρα, δεῖπνόν τε αὐτῇ καὶ εὐνὴν τοῦ Ἀνούβιδοσ εἰσηγγέλθαι, συνεχώρει δ’ ἐκεῖνοσ τὴν σωφροσύνην τῆσ γυναικὸσ ἐξεπιστάμενοσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 18 91:1)
  • Εὖκτοσ δὲ καὶ Εὐλαῖοσ, ἑταῖροι Περσέωσ· (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 29 6:2)

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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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