εὔχεσθαι
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also εὔχομαι): declare, pray, make vows, offer prayer to gods, offer prayer, pray for, pray to the gods, pray to
Lexicon Thucydideum
vota nuncupare, to pronounce vows, 2.74.3,
item likewise 3.58.5.
optare, to choose, desire, 2.43.1.
