εὐκτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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 euktĭkós	εὐκτῐκή euktĭkḗ	εὐκτῐκόν euktĭkón	εὐκτῐκώ euktĭkṓ	εὐκτῐκᾱ́ euktĭkā́	εὐκτῐκώ euktĭkṓ	εὐκτῐκοί euktĭkoí	εὐκτῐκαί euktĭkaí	εὐκτῐκᾰ́ euktĭkắ
Genitive	εὐκτῐκοῦ euktĭkoû	εὐκτῐκῆς euktĭkês	εὐκτῐκοῦ euktĭkoû	εὐκτῐκοῖν euktĭkoîn	εὐκτῐκαῖν euktĭkaîn	εὐκτῐκοῖν euktĭkoîn	εὐκτῐκῶν euktĭkôn	εὐκτῐκῶν euktĭkôn	εὐκτῐκῶν euktĭkôn
Dative	εὐκτῐκῷ euktĭkôi	εὐκτῐκῇ euktĭkêi	εὐκτῐκῷ euktĭkôi	εὐκτῐκοῖν euktĭkoîn	εὐκτῐκαῖν euktĭkaîn	εὐκτῐκοῖν euktĭkoîn	εὐκτῐκοῖς euktĭkoîs	εὐκτῐκαῖς euktĭkaîs	εὐκτῐκοῖς euktĭkoîs
Accusative	εὐκτῐκόν euktĭkón	εὐκτῐκήν euktĭkḗn	εὐκτῐκόν euktĭkón	εὐκτῐκώ euktĭkṓ	εὐκτῐκᾱ́ euktĭkā́	εὐκτῐκώ euktĭkṓ	εὐκτῐκούς euktĭkoús	εὐκτῐκᾱ́ς euktĭkā́s	εὐκτῐκᾰ́ euktĭkắ
Vocative	εὐκτῐκέ euktĭké	εὐκτῐκή euktĭkḗ	εὐκτῐκόν euktĭkón	εὐκτῐκώ euktĭkṓ	εὐκτῐκᾱ́ euktĭkā́	εὐκτῐκώ euktĭkṓ	εὐκτῐκοί euktĭkoí	εὐκτῐκαί euktĭkaí	εὐκτῐκᾰ́ euktĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	εὐκτῐκῶς euktĭkôs			εὐκτῐκώτερος euktĭkṓteros			εὐκτῐκώτᾰτος euktĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

εὐκτῐκή (euktĭkḗ, “optative (mood)”)
εὐκτῐκῶς (euktĭkôs, “in the optative”)

References

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