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:
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯k.ti.kɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ewk.tiˈke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eɸk.tiˈci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /efk.tiˈci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /efk.tiˈci/
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | ἡ εὐκτῐκή hē euktikḗ |
τὼ εὐκτῐκᾱ́ tṑ euktikā́ |
αἱ εὐκτῐκαί hai euktikaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς εὐκτῐκῆς tês euktikês |
τοῖν εὐκτῐκαῖν toîn euktikaîn |
τῶν εὐκτῐκῶν tôn euktikôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ εὐκτῐκῇ têi euktikêi |
τοῖν εὐκτῐκαῖν toîn euktikaîn |
ταῖς εὐκτῐκαῖς taîs euktikaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν εὐκτῐκήν tḕn euktikḗn |
τὼ εὐκτῐκᾱ́ tṑ euktikā́ |
τᾱ̀ς εὐκτῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s euktikā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | εὐκτῐκή euktikḗ |
εὐκτῐκᾱ́ euktikā́ |
εὐκτῐκαί euktikaí | ||||||||||
Notes: |
|
Synonyms
- εὐκτικὴ ἔγκλισις (euktikḕ énklisis)
Further reading
- “εὐκτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.