ἐπεύχομαι
οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύ → good is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity
English (LSJ)
A pray or make a vow to a deity, c. dat., θεοῖς, Διΐ, Od.11.46, Il.6.475, etc.; but in S.OC1024, ἐ. θεοῖς give thanks to them: c. dat. et inf., pray to one that .., ἐπεύχετο πᾶσι θεοῖσι νοστῆσαι Ὀδυσῆα Od.14.423, 20.238, cf. S.Ph.1470, Ar.Pax1320 (anap.), etc.: without a dat., κατθανεῖν ἐπηυχόμην S.Tr.16; ἐ. εὐορκοῦντι εἶναι ἀγαθά Lexap.And.1.98, cf. Aeschin.3.111: c. acc. rei, pray for, θανάτου μοῖραν A.Ag. 1462 (lyr.): c. acc. cogn., ἐ. λιτάς S.OC484; τοιαῦτα θεοῖς A.Th. 280: later, c. acc. pers., ἐ. θεούς Aristaenet.2.2. II vow, c. fut. inf., ἐ. θήσειν τροπαῖα A.Th.276. III imprecate upon, μόρον . . Πελοπίδαις Id.Ag.1600, cf. 501, Ch.112; ἀρὰς τοῖς ἀπειθοῦσιν Pl.Criti. 119e: c. inf. ἐπεύχομαι [αὐτῷ] παθεῖν S.OT249: abs., utter imprecations, μὴ 'πεύξῃ πέρα Id.Ph.1286, cf. Tr.809: rarely in good sense, ἐ. εὐτυχίαν τινί Plu.Galb.18; ἐ. τινὶ εὐτυχεῖν A.Th.481. IV exult over, δοιοῖσιν ἐπεύξεαι Ἱππασίδῃσι Il.11.431: abs., 5.119. 2 c. inf., boast that .., c. aor. inf., μιγῆναι h.Ven.287; fut., A.Ag.1262; pres., Id.Eu.58, etc.; Ἄργος πατρίδ' ἐμὴν ἐ. (sc. εἶναι) E.IT508: c. part., ἐ. ἐκφυγόν boast that it has escaped, Pl.Sph.235c, cf. E.Rh.693 (reading θρασύς).
