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|Definition=impf. εὐχόμην (Att. ηὐχόμην) <span class="bibl">Il.3.275</span>, etc.: fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> εὔξομαι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span> 622</span> (anap.), etc.: aor. 1 εὐξάμην (Att. ηὐξάμην) <span class="bibl">Il.8.254</span>, etc.: 2sg. subj. εὔξεαι <span class="bibl">Od.3.45</span>: (augm. ηὐ- only Att.acc. to Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.789</span>, <span class="bibl">Moer.175</span>): —[[pray]], θεοῖς <span class="bibl">Il.3.296</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.64</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.3.58</span>, etc.; ἀγάλμασι <span class="bibl">Heraclit.5</span>; ἀνέμοισι <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.178</span>; Ἀργείοισι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>980</span>: c.acc. cogn., εὐχὰς εὔχομαι τοῖς θεοῖς <span class="bibl">D.19.130</span>; <b class="b3">εὐχὰς ὑπέρ τινος πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὔ</b>. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.18</span>; <b class="b3">εὔ. ἔπος</b> to [[utter]] it in [[prayer]], <span class="bibl">Simon.37.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.2</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1059</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">μεγάλα, μέγα εὔχομαι</b>, [[pray]] [[aloud]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.275</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.17.239</span>; πολλὰ Ποσειδάωνι <span class="bibl">3.54</span>: later, c.acc., <b class="b3">Ἄρτεμιν εὔχομαι</b> <span class="title">AP</span>9.268 (Antip. Thess.): abs., <span class="bibl">Il.7.298</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>465</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>39</span> D. (lyr.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. et inf., [[pray]] that, <span class="bibl">Od.15.353</span>, <span class="bibl">21.211</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.31</span>; of an [[unrealizable]] [[wish]] (cf. [[εὐχή]] <span class="bibl">2</span>), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1118a32</span>, cf. Macho ap.<span class="bibl">Ath.8.341d</span>: c. inf. alone, εὔχομαι θάνατον [[φυγεῖν]] <span class="bibl">Il.2.401</span>; <b class="b3">τί δοκέεις εὔχεσθαι ἄλλο ἢ… λαβεῖν</b>; <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.27</span>; οἶκον [[ἰδεῖν]] <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.293</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τοῖς θεοῖς</b> c. acc. et inf., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>117c</span>; also <b class="b3">εὔ. τοὺς θεοὺς δοῦναί μοι</b> [[pray]] that the [[god]]s may [[give]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>351</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.1.26</span>; πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς διδόναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.3.2</span>; ταῖς Μούσαις εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>545d</span>, etc.; later <b class="b3">εὔ. ἵνα</b> [[Aristeas]] <span class="bibl">45</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.9.53</span>, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.6.12</span>; ὅπως <span class="title">Wien.Stud.</span>44.159. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. acc. obj., [[pray for]], [[long]] or [[wish for]], χρυσόν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>8.37</span>, etc.; [[εὐχόμενος]] ἄν τις ταῦτα εὔξαιτο <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.1</span>; <b class="b3">εὔ. τινί τι</b> [[pray for]] something [[for]] a person, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1019</span>; κακόν τινι <span class="bibl">Lys.21.21</span>; also, [[pray for]] a thing [[from]]... τοῖς θεοῖς πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ ὑπέρ τινος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.2.10</span>; <b class="b3">τοῖς θεοῖς πολυκαρπίαν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">3.14.3</span>; δεινὸν κατά τινος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Abd.</span>32</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[vow]] or [[promise]] to do... c. fut. inf., εὔχομαι ἐξελάαν κύνας <span class="bibl">Il.8.526</span>; θεοῖσι… ἑκατόμβας ῥέξειν <span class="bibl">Od.17.50</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.4.101</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>58b</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.108.55, 22.112.6 (iv B.C.): c. aor. inf., <b class="b3">εὔχετο πάντ' ἀποδοῦναι</b> [[claim]]ed (the [[right]]) to [[pay]] in [[full]], <span class="bibl">Il.18.499</span> (unless in signf. <span class="bibl">111.3</span>): c. pres.inf., <b class="b3">ηὔξω θεοῖς… ἂν ὧδ' ἔρδειν τάδε</b>; <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>933</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1032</span> codd. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. rei, [[vow]] a thing, πολλῶν πατησμὸν εἱμάτων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>963</span>; [[ἱερεῖον]] <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1619</span>; [λύχνον] περὶ παιδός <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>56.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">εὔ. κατά τινος</b> of the thing [[vow]]ed (as though on the [[altar]]), εὔ. τοῖς θεοῖς κατὰ ἑκατόμβης <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Mar.</span>26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">2.294b</span>; κατὰ νικητηρίων <span class="bibl">D.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[profess]] [[loudly]], [[boast]], [[vaunt]], οὕτω φησὶ καὶ εὔχεται, οὕνεκ' Ἀχιλλεὺς νηυσὶν ἔπι γλαφυρῇσι μένει <span class="bibl">Il.14.366</span>; [[εὑρεῖν]] <span class="bibl">Emp. 2.6</span>: mostly, not of empty [[boasting]], but of something of which one has a [[right]] to be [[proud]], ταύτης τοι γενεῆς τε καὶ αἵματος εὔχομαι εἶναι <span class="bibl">Il.6.211</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.190</span>; πατρὸς δ' ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἐγὼ γένος εὔχομαι εἶναι <span class="bibl">14.113</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>449a</span>: rarely without inf., <b class="b3">ἐκ Κρητάων γένος εὔχομαι</b> (sc. [[εἶναι]]) <span class="bibl">Od.14.199</span>; τὸ πατρόθεν ἐκ Διὸς εὔχονται <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.23</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span> 4.97</span>; <b class="b3">πόρτις εὔχεται βοός</b> (sc. [[εἶναι]]) <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>314</span>; ἔνθεν [[εὔχομαι]] [[γένος]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>696</span>; but also, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[boast]] [[vainly]], [[brag]], εὔχεαι αὔτως <span class="bibl">Il.11.388</span>: c. inf., εὔ. δῃώσειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1318</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> simply, [[profess]] or [[declare]], [[ἱκέτης]] δέ τοι εὔ. εἶναι <span class="bibl">Od.5.450</span>; οὔτ' ὦν ἀκοῦσαι οὔτ' ἰδεῖν εὔχοντο <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.53</span>; <b class="b3">τίς χθὼν εὔχεται ἥδε [εἶναι</b>]; <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1251</span>; cf. supr.<span class="bibl">11.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Pass., ἐμοὶ [[μετρίως]] ηὖκται = I have [[pray]]ed [[sufficiently]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>279c</span>: pf.inf., ταῦτα μὲν ηὖχθαι <span class="title">IG</span>22.112.12 (iv B.C.); ἡ [[πανήγυρις]] ἡ… εὐχθεῖσα [[vow]]ed, <span class="bibl">D.C.48.32</span>: but plpf. (or non-thematic preterite) [[ηὔγμην]] in act. sense, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>610</span>; so εὖκτο <span class="bibl">Thebaïs <span class="title">Fr.</span>3</span>. (Cf. Skt. óhate 'to ([[be able]] to) [[boast]] that one is', 'to [[brag]]', Avest. aog- '[[declare]] [[solemnly]]'.)</span>

|sltr=[[εὔχομαι]] ([[εὔχομαι]], -εαι, -εται, -ονται; εὐχοίμαν; εὐχόμενον: impf. εὔχοντο: aor. εὔξατο; εὔξασθαι.) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> [[pray]] followed by [[various]] constructions.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>I</b> abs. Χάριτες, κλῦτ, [[ἐπεὶ]] [[εὔχομαι]] (O. 14.5) ]γὰρ [[εὔχομαι]] Δ. 1. 15. c. cogn. acc., εἰ χρεὼν τοῦθ' ἁμετέρας ἀπὸ γλώσσας κοινὸν εὔξασθαι [[ἔπος]] (P. 3.2) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>II</b> c. acc., [[pray]] [[for]] χρυσὸν εὔχονται, [[πεδίον]] δ' ἕτεροι ἀπέραντον, ἐγὼ δ ἀστοῖς ἁδὼν καὶ χθονὶ γυῖα καλύψαι (Wackernagel: καλύψαιμ codd.) (N. 8.37) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>III</b> c. (acc. &amp;) inf., [[pray]], [[hope]] [[that]] Τυνδαρίδαις τε φιλοξείνοις [[ἁδεῖν]] [[εὔχομαι]] (O. 3.2) [[εὔχομαι]] ἀμφὶ [[καλῶν]] μοίρᾳ νέμεσιν διχόβουλον μὴ [[θέμεν]] (sc. [[Δία]]) (O. 8.86) ἀλλ' εὔχεται οὐλομέναν νοῦσον διαντλήσαις ποτὲ οἶκον [[ἰδεῖν]] (P. 4.293) [[εὔχομαι]] νιν (= [[Δία]]) Ὀλυμπίᾳ [[τοῦτο]] [[δόμεν]] [[γέρας]] [[ἔπι]] Βάττου γένει (P. 5.124) [[ὦναξ]], ἑκόντι δ' [[εὔχομαι]] νόῳ [[κατά]] τιν ἁρμονίαν βλέπειν (sc. σε) (P. 8.67) ἄφωνοί θ' ὡς ἕκασται φίλτατον παρθενικαὶ πόσιν ἢ υἱὸν εὔχοντ, ὦ Τελεσίκρατες, [[ἔμμεν]] (sc. σε, i. e. [[they]] wished [[that]] [[you]] were) (P. 9.100) Ζεῦ πάτερ, [[εὔχομαι]] ταύταν ἀρετὰν κελαδῆσαι σὺν Χαρίτεσσιν (N. 9.54) τοίαισιν ὀργαῖς εὔχεται ἀντιάσαις Ἀίδαν γῆράς τε δέξασθαι πολιὸν ὁ Κλεονίκου [[παῖς]] (I. 6.15) ]α μὲν γὰρ [[εὔχομαι]][ ]θέλοντι [[δόμεν]][ (Pae. 16.3) cf. (N. 8.37) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>IV</b> dat., + acc. &amp; inf. φιλέων δ' ἂν εὐχοίμαν Κρονίδαις ἐπ Αἰολάδᾳ καὶ γένει εὐτυχίαν τετάσθαι ὁμαλὸν χρόνον Παρθ. 1. 11.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> [[avow]] c. (acc. &amp;) inf. τοὶ δ' οὔτ ὦν ἀκοῦσαι οὔτ [[ἰδεῖν]] εὔχοντο (O. 6.53) “ποίαν γαῖαν, ὦ ξεῖν, [[εὔχεαι]] πατρίδ' [[ἔμμεν]];” (P. 4.97) inf. suppressed, τὸ μὲν γὰρ [[πατρόθεν]] ἐκ Διὸς εὔχονται, τὸ δ' Ἀμυντορίδαι ματρόθεν Ἀστυδαμείας (sc. [[εἶναι]]. ἀντὶ [[τοῦ]] καυχῶνται. Σ.) (O. 7.23) Πανελλάδος, ἅν τε Δελφῶν [[ἔθνος]] εὔξατο λιμοῦ[ (Pae. 6.64) ἐμὲ δ' ἐξαίρετον κάρυκα σοφῶν ἐπέων Μοῖσ ἀνέστασ Ἑλλάδι καλλιχόρῳ εὐχόμενον βρισαρμάτοις[ (sc. Θήβαις) Δ. 2. 26.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> frag. ]ος ευχομ[ P. Oxy. 1792. fr. 39.