εὖχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, (εὔχομαι) poet. Noun: <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> <b class="b2">thing prayed for, object of prayer</b>, <b class="b3">εὖχος δοῦναι, ὀρέξαι, πορεῖν τινι</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.5.285</span>, <span class="bibl">22.130</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.22.7</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1203</span>; <b class="b3">εὖχος ἀρέσθαι</b> to obtain <b class="b2">it</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.7.203</span>; ἑλεῖν <span class="bibl">Tyrt.12.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.21</span>; <b class="b3">Τεῦκρον . . εὖχος ἀπηύρα</b> took <b class="b2">it</b> away from him, <span class="bibl">Il.15.462</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">boast, vaunt</b>, μέλεον δέ οἱ εὖχος ἔδωκας <span class="bibl">21.473</span>; εὖχος ἔργῳ καθελών <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).63</span>, al.; of persons, Ἀνάκρεον, εὖ. Ἰώνων <span class="title">AP</span>7.27 (Antip. Sid.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> later, <b class="b2">vow, votive offering</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epigr.</span> 5.3</span>.</span>