εὐκταῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, (εὔχομαι) Att. Adj. (used chiefly by Trag., cf. [[ἀραῖος]]): <span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> of or for [[prayer]], [[votive]], Ἄιδου… εὐκταίαν χάριν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span> 1387</span>; τρίτην Διὸς σωτῆρος εὐκταίαν λίβα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>55</span>; εὐχαί <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 1060</span>; ἐπῳδαί <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>906b</span>; <b class="b3">εὐ. [νύμφα</b>] [[devoted]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>213</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">πανηγύρεις εὐ</b>., Lat. [[ludi votivi]], <span class="bibl">D.C.58.12</span>: [[εὐκταῖα]], [[τά]], [[votive offerings]], [[vows]], [[prayers]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>631</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>239</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[epithet]] of gods, [[invoked in]] or [[by special prayer]], <b class="b3">πατρὸς εὐκταίαν Ἐρινύν, πατρόθεν εὐκταία φάτις</b>, of the curse [[invoked by]] Oedipus, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>723</span>, <span class="bibl">841</span> (both lyr.); Θέμις εὐκταία <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>169</span> (anap.); τοῖσι δυστυχοῦσιν εὐκταία θεός <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Or.</span>214</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[prayed for]], [[desired]], [[ἠώς]], [[λιμένες]], <span class="title">AP</span>6.242 (Crin.), <span class="bibl">9.41</span> (Theon); γάμος γὰρ… εὐκταῖον κακόν <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Mon.</span>102</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.Vat.</span>35</span>; [[desirable]], f.l. for [[εὐκτέον]] in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>687e</span>: Sup., [[τήβεννος]] (of the <b class="b2">latus clavus)</b>, <span class="title">AJA</span>18.323 (Sardes, i B.C.); ἴασις Gal. 7.738, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tyr.</span>17</span>. Adv. -αίως<b class="b3">, ἔχειν</b> Sch.<span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.159</span>; δέχεσθαί τινα <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>7.2.1</span>.</span>