εὐκτική

See also: ευκτική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

By ellipsis, from the phrase ἡ εὐκτῐκή ἔγκλῐσῐς (hē euktikḗ énklisis, the inflection expressing wishing): see εὐκτῐκός (euktikós). The optative mood was so named because in independent clauses it expresses a wish:

  • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Ajax 550:
    γένοιο πατρὸς εὐτυχέστερος.
    génoio patròs eutukhésteros.
    May you be more fortunate than your father!

Pronunciation

 

Noun

εὐκτῐκή • (euktikḗ) f (genitive εὐκτῐκῆς); first declension

  1. (grammar) The optative mood

Inflection

Synonyms

  • εὐκτικὴ ἔγκλισις (euktikḕ énklisis)

Descendants

  • Greek: ευκτική (efktikí)
  • Latin: optātīvus (calque)

Further reading

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