εὐχή

See also: ευχή

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• εὐχωλή (eukhōlḗ) — Epic

Etymology

From εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “pray, wish”) +‎ -η (-ē, suffix forming action nouns).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /eɸˈçi/ → /efˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efˈçi/

Noun

εὐχή • (eukhḗ) f (genitive εὐχῆς); first declension

1. prayer, wish
2. vow

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εὐχή; τῆς εὐχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὐχή hē eukhḗ	τὼ εὐχᾱ́ tṑ eukhā́	αἱ εὐχαί hai eukhaí
Genitive	τῆς εὐχῆς tês eukhês	τοῖν εὐχαῖν toîn eukhaîn	τῶν εὐχῶν tôn eukhôn
Dative	τῇ εὐχῇ têi eukhêi	τοῖν εὐχαῖν toîn eukhaîn	ταῖς εὐχαῖς taîs eukhaîs
Accusative	τὴν εὐχήν tḕn eukhḗn	τὼ εὐχᾱ́ tṑ eukhā́	τᾱ̀ς εὐχᾱ́ς tā̀s eukhā́s
Vocative	εὐχή eukhḗ	εὐχᾱ́ eukhā́	εὐχαί eukhaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “εὐχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “εὐχή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• εὐχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εὐχή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G2171 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • castle idem, page 117.
  • chimera idem, page 130.
  • dream idem, page 251.
  • fancy idem, page 306.
  • ideal idem, page 413.
  • invocation idem, page 458.
  • liturgy idem, page 495.
  • pious idem, page 614.
  • prayer idem, page 632.
  • summons idem, page 837.
  • supplication idem, page 840.
  • utopia idem, page 941.
  • visionary idem, page 954.
  • vow idem, page 958.
  • wish idem, page 983.