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εὖχος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὖχος εὔχεος

Structure: εὐχο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: eu)/xomai

Sense

  1. the thing prayed for, object of prayer, prayer
  2. a boast, vaunt
  3. (later Greek) a vow, votive offering

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αὐτὴ γάρ σφιν ἅπαντα διηνεκέωσ κατέλεξε σὺν κείνοισ νίκην τε καὶ ἀγλαὸν εὖχοσ ἀρέσθαι. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 60:5)
  • καὶ Σιμωνίδησ δὲ τὰσ Πλειάδασ Πελειάδασ εἴρηκεν ἐν τούτοισ ι δίδωτι δ’ εὖχοσ Ἑρμᾶσ ἐναγώνιοσ, Μαίασ εὐπλοκάμοιο παῖσ, ἔτικτε δ’ Ἄτλασ ἑπτὰ ἰοπλοκάμων φιλᾶν θυγατρῶν τὰν γ’ ἔξοχον εἶδοσ, ταὶ καλέονται Πελειάδεσ οὐράνιαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 803)
  • τίσ δὴ ποταίνιον ἔλαχε στέφανον χείρεσσι ποσίν τε καὶ ἁρ́ματι, ἀγώνιον ἐν δόξᾳ θέμενοσ εὖχοσ, ἔργῳ καθελών; (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 10 16:1)
  • μάκαρ δὲ καὶ νῦν, κλεεννᾶσ ὅτι εὖχοσ ἤδη παρὰ Πυθιάδοσ ἵπποισ ἑλὼν δέδεξαι τόνδε κῶμον ἀνέρων, Ἀπολλώνιον ἄθυρμα. (Pindar, Odes, pythian odes, pythian 5 4:1)
  • πέμπτον ἐπὶ εἴκοσι τοῦτο γαρύων εὖχοσ ἀγώνων ἄπο, τοὺσ ἐνέποισιν ἱερούσ, Ἀλκιμίδα, τέ γ’ ἐπαρκέσαι κλειτᾷ γενεᾷ· (Pindar, Odes, nemean odes, nemean 6 18:1)

Synonyms

  1. a boast

  2. a vow

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