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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[bestow a favour on]], [[oblige]], τῷ δήμῳ τῷ Δηλίων ''IG''11 (4).665 (Delos, iii B.C.); τινι ''PPetr.''2p.4 (iii B.C.), ''PHib.''1.66.5 (iii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be thankful]], [[return thanks]], Decr. ap. D.18.92, ''IPE''12.352.14 (Chersonesus, ii B.C.); τοῖς Αθηναίοις Posidon.36 J., cf. Phld. ''Ir.''p.92 W., al.; ἐπί τινι or περί τινος [[for]] a thing, Plb.4.72.7, D.S.16.11, etc.; esp. to the gods, <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τῷ ἐρρῶσθαί σε τοῖς θεοῖς εὐ.</b> ''UPZ''59.10 (ii B.C.), cf. [[LXX]] ''Ju.''8.25, ''1 Ep.Cor.''1.4, etc.:—Pass., [[εὐχαριστοῦμαι]] to [[be thanked]], ηὐχαρίστηται κεραυνοῖς Hp.''Ep.''17; to [[be received with thanks]], ''2 Ep.Cor.''1.11.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[pray]], τῷ θεῷ περί τινος ''PLond.''2.413,418 (iv A.D.).