εὔχομαι: Difference between revisions

|auten=imp. εὔχεο and εὔχου, ipf. εὐχόμην, aor. [[εὐξάμην]]: (1) [[pray]], [[vow]]; [[then]] solemnly [[declare]] and [[wish]]; εὔχετο πάντ' ἀποδοῦναι, ‘asseverated,’ Il. 18.499 ; εὐξάμενός τι [[ἔπος]] [[ἐρέω]].. εἴθ' ὣς [[ἡβώοιμι]], Od. 14.463, , Il. 14.484; [[usually]], [[however]], of praying to the gods.—(2) [[avow]], avouch [[oneself]], [[boast]]; [[ἡμεῖς]] [[τοι]] πατέρων μέγ' ἀμείνονες εὐχόμεθ [[εἶναι]], Il. 4.405; [[usually]] of [[just]] [[pride]], [[but]] [[not]] [[always]], Il. 13.447.