imprecate
From LSJ
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἐπεύχεσθαι, κατεύχεσθαι (Plato), ἐπαρᾶσθαι, Ar. and P. καταρᾶσθαι, V. ἀρᾶσθαι, ἐφυμνεῖν.
imprecate curses on: use acc. of curse, dat. of person.
