κατεύχομαι
ὁ γοῦν Ἀνάγυρός μοι κεκινῆσθαι δοκεῖ → did somebody fart, seems to me the Anagyros has been stirred up, I knew someone was raising a stink, the fat is in the fire
English (LSJ)
fut. -εύξομαι E.IA1186:—
A pray earnestly, c. inf., τοῖσι Πέρσῃσι κατεύχεται εὖ γίνεσθαι Hdt.1.132; τί σοι κατεύξῃ τἀγαθόν (sc. γενέσθαι); E.l.c. 2 c.acc. et inf., A.Ch.139, Eu.922 (lyr.), S.OC1575 (lyr.); κ. τινί pray to one, A.Ch.88, E.Andr.1105; κ. τῇ θεῷ ἀπάξειν Ath.13.573e; κ. τινά c. inf., entreat a person to... Theoc. 2.71. 3 abs., make a prayer or vow, Hdt.2.40, 4.172, A.Ag.1250, S.Tr.764, etc. 4 c. gen., pray over, τῶν ἱερῶν IG7.235.25 (Oropus, iv B.C.). II in bad sense, 1 c. gen. pers., pray against one, imprecate curses on one, τινῶν πρὸς τὸν θεόν Pl.R.393a: c. acc. rei, οἵας ἀρᾶται καὶ κ. τύχας A.Th.633, cf. S.Aj.392; πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ καθ' αὑτῶν Plu.Num.12. 2 c. acc. et inf., τὸν δεδρακότα κακῶς . . ἐκτρῖψαι βίον S.OT246; κ. τεῖσαι τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς τὰ ἃ δάκρυα Pl.R. 394a. 3 abs., μηδὲν κατεύχου E.IT536, cf. Pl.Lg.934e. III boast, c. fut. inf., Theoc. 1.97.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1399] anwünschen, Gelübde, Gebete gegen Einen aussprechen; οἵας γ' ἀρᾶται καὶ κατεύχεται τύχας Aesch. Spt. 615; κατεύχομαι δὲ τὸν δεδρακότα κακὸν κακῶς ἐκτρῖψαι βίον Soph. O. R. 246; τῶν Ἀχαιῶν frg. 894; Plat. Rep. III, 393 a; Eur. I. T. 536; in Prosa, Plat. Legg. XI, 934 e; πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ κατ' αὐτῶν Plut. Num. 12. – Uebh. beten, wünschen, erflehen; absolut, Aesch. Ag. 1223 Soph. Tr. 761 Her. 2, 40; mit folgdm acc. c. inf., Aesch. Eum. 882 Soph. O. C. 1571; τοῖς Πέρσῃσι κατεύχεται εὖ γενέσθαι Her. 1, 132; τί, Soph. Ai. 385; κατ. σοὶ τἀγαθόν Eur. I. A. 1186; – geloben, κατεύχονται τῇ θεῷ ἀπάξειν αὐτῇ τακτὰς ἑταίρας Ath. XIII, 573 e; – τινί, Einen anflehen, zu Einem flehen, Aesch. Ch. 86. 137. – Auch = großprahlen, sich rühmen, wie das simplex, Theocr. 1, 97.
