εὐκτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯k.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eʍk.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

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
Derived forms	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

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