εὖχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “pray, vow, boast”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /êu̯.kʰos/ → /ˈeɸ.xos/ → /ˈef.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /êu̯.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɸ.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈef.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈef.xos/

Noun

εὖχος • (eûkhos) n (genitive εὔχους or εὔχεος); third declension

1. the thing prayed for, object of prayer, prayer
2. a boast, vaunt
3. (later Greek) a vow, votive offering

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ εὖχος; τοῦ εὔχους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ εὖχος tò eûkhos	τὼ εὔχει tṑ eúkhei	τᾰ̀ εὔχη tà eúkhē
Genitive	τοῦ εὔχους toû eúkhous	τοῖν εὐχοῖν toîn eukhoîn	τῶν εὐχῶν tôn eukhôn
Dative	τῷ εὔχει tôi eúkhei	τοῖν εὐχοῖν toîn eukhoîn	τοῖς εὔχεσῐ / εὔχεσῐν toîs eúkhesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ εὖχος tò eûkhos	τὼ εὔχει tṑ eúkhei	τᾰ̀ εὔχη tà eúkhē
Vocative	εὖχος eûkhos	εὔχει eúkhei	εὔχη eúkhē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “εὖχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὖχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “εὖχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• εὖχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εὖχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “εὖχος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter