εὐκταῖος: Difference between revisions

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