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|Definition=impf. εὐχόμην (Att. ηὐχόμην) Il.3.275, etc.: fut.<br><span class="bld">A</span> εὔξομαι [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]'' 622 (anap.), etc.: aor. 1 εὐξάμην (Att. ηὐξάμην) 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, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.64, Th.3.58, etc.; ἀγάλμασι Heraclit.5; ἀνέμοισι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]7.178; Ἀργείοισι A.''Supp.''980: c.acc. cogn., εὐχὰς εὔχομαι τοῖς θεοῖς D.19.130; <b class="b3">εὐχὰς ὑπέρ τινος πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὔ.</b> Aeschin.3.18; <b class="b3">εὔχομαι ἔπος</b> to [[utter]] it in [[prayer]], Simon.37.19, Pi.''P.''3.2, A.''Supp.''1059 (lyr.); <b class="b3">μεγάλα, μέγα εὔχομαι</b>, [[pray]] [[aloud]], Il.3.275, Od.17.239; πολλὰ Ποσειδάωνι 3.54: later, c.acc., <b class="b3">Ἄρτεμιν εὔχομαι</b> ''AP''9.268 (Antip. Thess.): abs., Il.7.298, A.''Ch.''465 (lyr.), Ar.''Fr.''39 D. (lyr.), etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. et inf., [[pray]] that, Od.15.353, 21.211, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.31; of an [[unrealizable]] [[wish]] (cf. [[εὐχή]] 2), [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1118a32, cf. Macho ap.Ath.8.341d: c. inf. alone, εὔχομαι θάνατον [[φυγεῖν]] Il.2.401; <b class="b3">τί δοκέεις εὔχεσθαι ἄλλο ἢ… λαβεῖν</b>; [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.27; οἶκον [[ἰδεῖν]] Pi.''P.''4.293, etc.; <b class="b3">τοῖς θεοῖς</b> c. acc. et inf., [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''117c; also <b class="b3">εὔχομαι τοὺς θεοὺς δοῦναί μοι</b> [[pray]] that the [[god]]s 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 <b class="b3">εὔχομαι ἵνα</b> [[Aristeas]] 45, D.H.9.53, Arr.''Epict.''2.6.12; ὅπως ''Wien.Stud.''44.159.<br><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. obj., [[pray for]], [[long]] or [[wish for]], χρυσόν Pi.''N.''8.37, etc.; [[εὐχόμενος]] ἄν τις ταῦτα εὔξαιτο Antipho 6.1; <b class="b3">εὔχομαι τινί τι</b> [[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 [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.2.10; <b class="b3">τοῖς θεοῖς πολυκαρπίαν</b> ib.3.14.3; δεινὸν κατά τινος Luc.''Abd.''32.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[vow]] or [[promise]] to do... c. fut. inf., εὔχομαι ἐξελάαν κύνας Il.8.526; θεοῖσι… ἑκατόμβας ῥέξειν Od.17.50, cf. Il.4.101, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]''58b, ''IG''12.108.55, 22.112.6 (iv B.C.): c. aor. inf., <b class="b3">εὔχετο πάντ' ἀποδοῦναι</b> [[claim]]ed (the [[right]]) to [[pay]] in [[full]], Il.18.499 (unless in signf. 111.3): c. pres.inf., <b class="b3">ηὔξω θεοῖς… ἂν ὧδ' ἔρδειν τάδε</b>; [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''933, cf. S.''Ph.''1032 codd.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, [[vow]] a thing, πολλῶν πατησμὸν εἱμάτων [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Agamemnon|Ag.]]''963; [[ἱερεῖον]] [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1619; [λύχνον] περὶ παιδός Call.''Epigr.''56.3.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">εὔχομαι κατά τινος</b> of the thing [[vow]]ed (as though on the [[altar]]), εὔχομαι τοῖς θεοῖς κατὰ ἑκατόμβης Plu.''Mar.''26, cf. 2.294b; κατὰ νικητηρίων D.''Ep.''1.16.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[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., <b class="b3">ἐκ Κρητάων γένος εὔχομαι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[εἶναι]]) Od.14.199; τὸ πατρόθεν ἐκ Διὸς εὔχονται Pi.''O.''7.23, cf.''P.'' 4.97; <b class="b3">πόρτις εὔχεται βοός</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[εἶναι]]) A.''Supp.''314; ἔνθεν [[εὔχομαι]] [[γένος]] E.''Fr.''696; but also,<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[boast]] [[vainly]], [[brag]], εὔχεαι αὔτως Il.11.388: c. inf., εὔ. δῃώσειν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''1318.<br><span class="bld">3</span> simply, [[profess]] or [[declare]], [[ἱκέτης]] δέ τοι εὔ. εἶναι Od.5.450; οὔτ' ὦν ἀκοῦσαι οὔτ' ἰδεῖν εὔχοντο Pi.''O.''6.53; <b class="b3">τίς χθὼν εὔχεται ἥδε [εἶναι]</b>; A.R.4.1251; cf. supr.11.1.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Pass., ἐμοὶ [[μετρίως]] ηὖκται = I have [[pray]]ed [[sufficiently]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''279c: pf.inf., ταῦτα μὲν ηὖχθαι ''IG''22.112.12 (iv B.C.); ἡ [[πανήγυρις]] ἡ… εὐχθεῖσα [[vow]]ed, 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]]'.)