εὐκτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐχ- (eukh-), the stem of εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to wish, pray, or vow”), + -τῐκός (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯k.ti.kós/ → /eɸk.tiˈkos/ → /efk.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯k.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewk.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸk.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efk.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efk.tiˈkos/

Adjective

εὐκτῐκός • (euktikós) m (feminine εὐκτῐκή, neuter εὐκτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Related to wishing
   1. (grammar) Used to express a wish: the forms of the optative mood
      • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 248.6
      • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, 1 541
   2. expressing a prayer or vow
      • 342 BCE – 290 BCE, Menander, Rh.p. 333.S.
      1. (substantive) εὐκτῐκόν: utterance in the form of a prayer or wish
         • Stoic., 2 61

Inflection

First and second declension of εὐκτῐκός; εὐκτῐκή; εὐκτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εὐκτῐκός euktikós	εὐκτῐκή euktikḗ	εὐκτῐκόν euktikón		εὐκτῐκώ euktikṓ	εὐκτῐκᾱ́ euktikā́	εὐκτῐκώ euktikṓ		εὐκτῐκοί euktikoí	εὐκτῐκαί euktikaí	εὐκτῐκᾰ́ euktiká
Genitive		εὐκτῐκοῦ euktikoû	εὐκτῐκῆς euktikês	εὐκτῐκοῦ euktikoû		εὐκτῐκοῖν euktikoîn	εὐκτῐκαῖν euktikaîn	εὐκτῐκοῖν euktikoîn		εὐκτῐκῶν euktikôn	εὐκτῐκῶν euktikôn	εὐκτῐκῶν euktikôn
Dative		εὐκτῐκῷ euktikôi	εὐκτῐκῇ euktikêi	εὐκτῐκῷ euktikôi		εὐκτῐκοῖν euktikoîn	εὐκτῐκαῖν euktikaîn	εὐκτῐκοῖν euktikoîn		εὐκτῐκοῖς euktikoîs	εὐκτῐκαῖς euktikaîs	εὐκτῐκοῖς euktikoîs
Accusative		εὐκτῐκόν euktikón	εὐκτῐκήν euktikḗn	εὐκτῐκόν euktikón		εὐκτῐκώ euktikṓ	εὐκτῐκᾱ́ euktikā́	εὐκτῐκώ euktikṓ		εὐκτῐκούς euktikoús	εὐκτῐκᾱ́ς euktikā́s	εὐκτῐκᾰ́ euktiká
Vocative		εὐκτῐκέ euktiké	εὐκτῐκή euktikḗ	εὐκτῐκόν euktikón		εὐκτῐκώ euktikṓ	εὐκτῐκᾱ́ euktikā́	εὐκτῐκώ euktikṓ		εὐκτῐκοί euktikoí	εὐκτῐκαί euktikaí	εὐκτῐκᾰ́ euktiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		εὐκτῐκῶς euktikôs				εὐκτῐκώτερος euktikṓteros				εὐκτῐκώτᾰτος euktikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εὐκτῐκή (euktikḗ, “optative (mood)”)
• εὐκτῐκῶς (euktikôs, “in the optative”)

References

• “εὐκτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press