εὔχομαι

εὔχομαι, [tense] impf. εὐχόμην ([dialect] Att. ηὐ-) Il.3.275, etc.: [tense] fut.

A

εὔξομαι Ar.Av. 622

(anap.), etc.: [tense] aor. 1 εὐξάμην ([dialect] Att. ηὐ-) Il.8.254, etc.: [ per.] 2sg. subj.

εὔξεαι Od.3.45

: (augm. ηὐ- only [dialect] Att.acc. to Hdn.Gr.2.789, Moer.175): —pray,

θεοῖς Il.3.296

, Hdt.8.64, Th.3.58, etc.;

ἀγάλμασι Heraclit.5

;

ἀνέμοισι Hdt.7.178

;

Ἀργείοισι A.Supp.980

: c.acc. cogn.,

εὐχὰς εὔ. τοῖς θεοῖς D.19.130

; εὐχὰς ὑπέρ τινος πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὔ. Aeschin.3.18; εὔ. ἔπος to utter it in prayer, Simon.37.19, Pi.P.3.2, A.Supp.1059 (lyr.); μεγάλα, μέγα εὔ., pray aloud, Il.3.275, Od.17.239;

πολλὰ Ποσειδάωνι 3.54

: later, c.acc., Ἄρτεμιν εὔ. AP9.268 (Antip. Thess.): abs., Il.7.298, A.Ch.465 (lyr.), Ar.Fr.39 D. (lyr.), etc.

2 c. acc. et inf., pray that, Od.15.353, 21.211, Hdt.1.31; of an unrealizable wish (cf.

εὐχή 2

), Arist.EN1118a32, cf. Macho ap.Ath.8.341d: c. inf. alone,

εὔ. θάνατον φυγεῖν Il.2.401

; τί δοκέεις εὔχεσθαι ἄλλο ἢ . . λαβεῖν; Hdt.1.27;

οἶκον ἰδεῖν Pi.P.4.293

, etc.; τοῖς θεοῖς c. acc. et inf., Pl.Phd.117c; also εὔ. τοὺς θεοὺς δοῦναί μοι pray that the gods may give, Ar.Th.351, X.An.6.1.26;

πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς διδόναι Id.Mem.1.3.2

;

ταῖς Μούσαις εἰπεῖν Pl.R.545d

, etc.; later εὔ. ἵνα Aristeas 45, D.H.9.53, Arr.Epict.2.6.12;

ὅπως Wien.Stud.44.159

.

3 c. acc. obj., pray for, long or wish for,

χρυσόν Pi.N.8.37

, etc.;

εὐχόμενος ἄν τις ταῦτα εὔξαιτο Antipho 6.1

; εὔ. τινί τι pray for something for a person, S.Ph.1019;

κακόν τινι Lys.21.21

; also, pray for a thing from . . ,

τοῖς θεοῖς πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ ὑπέρ τινος X.Mem.2.2.10

; τοῖς θεοῖς πολυκαρπίαν ib.3.14.3;

δεινὸν κατά τινος Luc.Abd.32

.

II vow or promise to do . . , c. [tense] fut. inf.,

εὔχομαι ἐξελάαν κύνας Il.8.526

;

θεοῖσι . . ἑκατόμβας ῥέξειν Od.17.50

, cf. Il.4.101, Pl.Phd.58b, IG12.108.55, 22.112.6 (iv B.C.): c. [tense] aor. inf., εὔχετο πάντ' ἀποδοῦναι claimed (the right) to pay in full, Il.18.499 (unless in signf. 111.3): c. [tense] pres.inf., ηὔξω θεοῖς . . ἂν ὧδ' ἔρδειν τάδε; A.Ag.933, cf. S.Ph.1032 codd.

2 c. acc. rei, vow a thing,

πολλῶν πατησμὸν εἱμάτων A.Ag.963

;

ἱερεῖον Ar.Av.1619

; [

λύχνον] περὶ παιδός Call.Epigr.56.3

.

3 εὔ. κατά τινος of the thing vowed (as though on the altar),

εὔ. τοῖς θεοῖς κατὰ ἑκατόμβης Plu.Mar.26

, cf. 2.294b;

κατὰ νικητηρίων D.Ep.1.16

.

III profess loudly, boast, vaunt,

οὕτω φησὶ καὶ εὔχεται, οὕνεκ' Ἀχιλλεὺς νηυσὶν ἔπι γλαφυρῇσι μένει Il.14.366

;

εὑρεῖν Emp. 2.6

: mostly, not of empty boasting, but of something of which one has a right to be proud,

ταύτης τοι γενεῆς τε καὶ αἵματος εὔχομαι εἶναι Il.6.211

, cf. 8.190;

πατρὸς δ' ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἐγὼ γένος εὔχομαι εἶναι 14.113

, cf. Pl.Grg.449a: rarely without inf., ἐκ Κρητάων γένος εὔχομαι (sc. εἶναι) Od.14.199;

τὸ πατρόθεν ἐκ Διὸς εὔχονται Pi.O.7.23

, cf.P. 4.97; πόρτις εὔχεται βοός (sc. εἶναι) A.Supp.314;

ἔνθεν εὔχομαι γένος E.Fr.696

; but also,

2 boast vainlv, brag,

εὔχεαι αὔτως Il.11.388

: c. inf.,

εὔ. δῃώσειν S.OC1318

.

3 simply, profess or declare,

ἱκέτης δέ τοι εὔ. εἶναι Od.5.450

;

οὔτ' ὦν ἀκοῦσαι οὔτ' ἰδεῖν εὔχοντο Pi.O.6.53

; τίς χθὼν εὔχεται ἥδε [εἶναι]; A.R.4.1251; cf. supr.11.1.

IV [voice] Pass., ἐμοὶ μετρίως ηὖκται I have prayed sufficiently, Pl.Phdr.279c: [tense] pf.inf.,

ταῦτα μὲν ηὖχθαι IG22.112.12

(iv B.C.); ἡ πανήγυρις ἡ . . εὐχθεῖσα vowed, D.C.48.32: but [tense] plpf. (or non-thematic preterite) ηὔγμην in act. sense, S.Tr.610; so

εὖκτο Thebaïs Fr.3

. (Cf. Skt. óhate 'to (be able to) boast that one is', 'to brag', Avest. aog- 'declare solemnly'.)