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|Definition=fut. -εύξομαι E.''IA''1186:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[pray earnestly]], c. inf., τοῖσι Πέρσῃσι κατεύχεται εὖ γίνεσθαι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.132; <b class="b3">τί σοι κατεύξῃ τἀγαθόν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[γενέσθαι]]); E.l.c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c.acc. et inf., A.''Ch.''139, ''Eu.''922 (lyr.), S.''OC''1575 (lyr.); <b class="b3">κ. τινί</b> [[pray]] to one, A.''Ch.''88, E.''Andr.''1105; κ. τῇ θεῷ ἀπάξειν Ath.13.573e; <b class="b3">κ. τινά</b> c. inf., [[entreat]] a person to... Theoc. 2.71.<br><span class="bld">3</span> abs., [[make a prayer]] or [[vow]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.40, 4.172, A.''Ag.''1250, S.''Tr.''764, etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> c. gen., [[pray over]], τῶν ἱερῶν ''IG''7.235.25 (Oropus, iv B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> in bad sense,<br><span class="bld">1</span> c. gen. pers., [[pray against]] one, [[imprecate]] curses [[on]] one, τινῶν πρὸς τὸν θεόν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 393a: c. acc. rei, οἵας ἀρᾶται καὶ κ. τύχας A.''Th.''633, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''392; πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ καθ' αὑτῶν Plu.''Num.''12.<br><span class="bld">2</span> c. acc. et inf., τὸν δεδρακότα κακῶς… ἐκτρῖψαι βίον [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''246; κ. τεῖσαι τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς τὰ ἃ δάκρυα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 394a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> abs., μηδὲν κατεύχου E.''IT''536, cf. Pl.''Lg.''934e.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[boast]], c. fut. inf., Theoc. 1.97.