εὐκτική

See also: ευκτική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

By ellipsis, from the phrase ἡ εὐκτῐκὴ ἔγκλῐσῐς (hē euktĭkḕ énklĭsĭs, “the inflection expressing wishing”): see εὐκτῐκός (euktĭkós). 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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯k.ti.kɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eʍk.tiˈke̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸk.tiˈci/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efk.tiˈci/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efk.tiˈci/

Noun

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

(grammar) The optative mood

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εὐκτῐκή; τῆς εὐκτῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὐκτῐκή hē euktĭkḗ	τὼ εὐκτῐκᾱ́ tṑ euktĭkā́	αἱ εὐκτῐκαί hai euktĭkaí
Genitive	τῆς εὐκτῐκῆς tês euktĭkês	τοῖν εὐκτῐκαῖν toîn euktĭkaîn	τῶν εὐκτῐκῶν tôn euktĭkôn
Dative	τῇ εὐκτῐκῇ tēî euktĭkēî	τοῖν εὐκτῐκαῖν toîn euktĭkaîn	ταῖς εὐκτῐκαῖς taîs euktĭkaîs
Accusative	τὴν εὐκτῐκήν tḕn euktĭkḗn	τὼ εὐκτῐκᾱ́ tṑ euktĭkā́	τᾱ̀ς εὐκτῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s euktĭkā́s
Vocative	εὐκτῐκή euktĭkḗ	εὐκτῐκᾱ́ euktĭkā́	εὐκτῐκαί euktĭkaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

εὐκτικὴ ἔγκλισις (euktikḕ énklisis)

Descendants

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