| |Definition=chiefly pres. and impf. [[ηὔχουν]], fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> αὐχήσω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>857</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">DMort.</span>22.2</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>7.373 (Thall.): aor. [[ηὔχησα]] ib.6.283, 15.4, <span class="bibl">Apollod. 2.4.3</span>: (αὔχη):—[[boast]], [[plume oneself]], <b class="b3">ἐπί τινι</b> on a thing, <span class="bibl">Batr.57</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>6.283; τινί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>412</span>: with neut. Adj., τοσοῦτον αὐχεῖν <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.103</span>; μέγ' αὐ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>353</span> (lyr.); μηδὲν τόδ' αὔχει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>463</span>; μεγάλα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Jac.</span>3.5</span>: c. acc. objecti, to [[boast of]], ἀστέρας <span class="title">AP</span>7.373 (Thall.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> c. acc. et inf., [[boast]] or [[declare]] [[loudly]] that... αὐχέοντες κάλλιστα τιθέναι ἀγῶνα <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.160</span>; ἀπεῶσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.2.39</span>; [[σώσειν]] ([[σῶσαι]] codd.) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Andr.</span>311</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span>310</span>: c. acc. only, <b class="b3">αὐχῶ Σεβήραν</b> [[boast]] (that I hold her), <span class="title">IG</span>14.2001, cf. 3.172. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. inf. fut., [[say confidently]], to [[be proudly confident]] that, αὐχῶ γὰρ αὐχῶ τήνδε δωρεὰν ἐμοὶ δώσειν Δί' <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>340</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">688</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>741</span>, Cratin. I with a neg., <b class="b3">οὐ γάρ ποτ' ηὔχουν… μεθέξειν</b> I never [[thought]] that... <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>506</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>561</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>931</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Med., <b class="b3">αὐχήσασθαι· καυχήσασθαι</b>, Hsch.— Never in S. ([[ἐπαυχέω]], [[ἐξαυχέω]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>65</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ant.</span>390</span>); rare in Com. and Prose.</span> | | |Definition=chiefly pres. and impf. [[ηὔχουν]], <span class="bld">A</span> fut. αὐχήσω E.''Fr.''857, Luc. ''DMort.''22.2, ''AP''7.373 (Thall.): aor. ηὔχησα ib.6.283, 15.4, Apollod. 2.4.3: ([[αὔχη]]):—[[boast]], [[plume oneself]], <b class="b3">ἐπί τινι</b> on a thing, Batr.57, ''AP''6.283; τινί E.''IA''412: with neut. Adj., τοσοῦτον αὐχεῖν Hdt.7.103; μέγ' αὐ. E.''Heracl.''353 (lyr.); μηδὲν τόδ' αὔχει Id.''Andr.''463; μεγάλα ''Ep.Jac.''3.5: c. acc. objecti, to [[boast of]], ἀστέρας ''AP''7.373 (Thall.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> c. acc. et inf., [[boast]] or [[declare]] [[loudly]] that... αὐχέοντες κάλλιστα τιθέναι ἀγῶνα Hdt.2.160; ἀπεῶσθαι Th.2.39; [[σώσειν]] ([[σῶσαι]] codd.) E.''Andr.''311, cf. ''Ba.''310: c. acc. only, <b class="b3">αὐχῶ Σεβήραν</b> [[boast]] (that I hold her), ''IG''14.2001, cf. 3.172.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. inf. fut., [[say confidently]], to [[be proudly confident]] that, αὐχῶ γὰρ αὐχῶ τήνδε δωρεὰν ἐμοὶ δώσειν Δί' A.''Pr.''340, cf. 688 (lyr.), ''Pers.''741, Cratin. I with a neg., <b class="b3">οὐ γάρ ποτ' ηὔχουν… μεθέξειν</b> I never [[thought]] that... A.''Ag.''506, cf. ''Eu.''561 (lyr.), E.''Heracl.''931.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Med., αὐχήσασθαι· καυχήσασθαι, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]—Never in S. ([[ἐπαυχέω]], [[ἐξαυχέω]], ''El.''65, ''Ant.''390); rare in Com. and Prose. |
