εὔχομαι

English (LSJ)

impf. εὐχόμην (Att. ηὐ-) Il.3.275, etc.: fut.

   A εὔξομαι Ar.Av. 622 (anap.), etc.: aor. 1 εὐξάμην (Att. ηὐ-) Il.8.254, etc.: 2sg. subj. εὔξεαι Od.3.45: (augm. ηὐ- only 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. 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. aor. inf., εὔχετο πάντ' ἀποδοῦναι claimed (the right) to pay in full, Il.18.499 (unless in signf. 111.3): c. 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 vainly, 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 Pass., ἐμοὶ μετρίως ηὖκται I have prayed sufficiently, Pl.Phdr.279c: pf.inf., ταῦτα μὲν ηὖχθαι IG22.112.12 (iv B.C.); ἡ πανήγυρις ἡ . . εὐχθεῖσα vowed, D.C.48.32: but 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'.)