εὐχή
εὐχή,
ἡ,(
εὔχομαι)
A). prayer or
vow, once in
Hom. (cf.
εὖχος, εὐχωλή)
, ἐπὴν εὐχῇσι λίσῃ Od. 10.526 , cf.
Hes. Th. 419 ,
Thgn. 341 ,
Hdt. 1.31 , etc.;
θεὸς εὔφρων εἴη .. εὐχαῖς Pi. O. 4.15 ;
εὐχὰς ἀνασχεῖν τινι S. El. 636 ;
εὐχὴν ἐπιτελέσαι, Lat.
vota persolvere,
Hdt. 1.86 ;
εὐχὰς ἀποδιδόναι X. Mem. 2.2.10 ;
εὐχὴν ἀνέστησεν SIG 1142 (Phrygia, i/ii A.D.);
εὐχῇ χρῆσθαι, Lat.
votis potiri,
Pl. Lg. 688b ;
κατὰ χιλίων .. εὐχὴν ποιήσασθαι χιμάρων to make
a vow of a thousand goats,
Ar. Eq. 661 ;
ἐν θεῶν εὐχαῖσι S. OT 239 , etc.;
εὐχαὶ πρὸς θεούς Pl. Lg. 700b ;
εὐχὰς εὔχεσθαι τοῖς θεοῖς D. 19.130 ;
εὐχὰς εὔξεται ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως Inscr.Prien. 174.18 (ii B.C.);
εὐχὰς ποιεῖσθαι Th. 6.32 ,
Arist. Mu. 400a17 ;
εὐχὴν ἀποθύειν Diph. 43.10 ;
κατ’ εὐχήν, ἐξ εὐχῆς, Lat.
ex voto,
Call. Epigr. 48 ,
AP 6.357 (
Theaet.);
ἔχειν εὐχήν to be under
a vow, Act.Ap. 18.18 .
2). wish or
aspiration, opp. reality,
εὐχαῖς ὅμοια λέγειν to build '
castles in the air',
Pl. R. 499c , cf.
540d ;
μὴ εὐ. δοκῇ εἶναι ὁ λόγοςib.
450d ;
κατὰ τὴν τῶν παίδων εὐ. like a boy's
wish,
Id. Sph. 249d ;
εὐχῆς ἄξια things
to be wished, but not expected,
Isoc. 4.182 ;
πολιτεία ἡ κατ’ εὐχὴν γινομένη the
ideal state,
Arist. Pol. 1295a29 , cf.
1288b23 ;
ζῆν κατ’ εὐχήν ib.
1260b29 .
ShortDef
a prayer, vow
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
εὐχή
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ευχη
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-45489
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">εὐχή</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>,(<span class="etym greek">εὔχομαι</span>) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prayer</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vow</span>, once in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> (cf. <span class="foreign greek">εὖχος, εὐχωλή</span>) <span class="quote greek">, ἐπὴν εὐχῇσι λίσῃ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:526" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.526/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.526 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:419" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:419/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 419 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 341 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.31 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">θεὸς εὔφρων εἴη .. εὐχαῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 4.15 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εὐχὰς ἀνασχεῖν τινι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:636" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:636/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 636 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">εὐχὴν ἐπιτελέσαι</span>, Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vota persolvere</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.86 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εὐχὰς ἀποδιδόναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:2:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:2:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.2.10 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εὐχὴν ἀνέστησεν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1142 </span> (Phrygia, i/ii A.D.); <span class="foreign greek">εὐχῇ χρῆσθαι</span>, Lat.<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">votis potiri</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:688b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:688b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 688b </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ χιλίων .. εὐχὴν ποιήσασθαι χιμάρων</span> to make <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a vow</span> of a thousand goats, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:661" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:661/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 661 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν θεῶν εὐχαῖσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:239" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:239/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 239 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">εὐχαὶ πρὸς θεούς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:700b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:700b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 700b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εὐχὰς εὔχεσθαι τοῖς θεοῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:130" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:130/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 19.130 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εὐχὰς εὔξεται ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Inscr.Prien.</span> 174.18 </span> (ii B.C.); <span class="quote greek">εὐχὰς ποιεῖσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.32 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:400a:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg028:400a.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mu.</span> 400a17 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εὐχὴν ἀποθύειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0447.tlg001:43:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0447.tlg001:43.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diph.</span> 43.10 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κατ’ εὐχήν, ἐξ εὐχῆς</span>, Lat.<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ex voto</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg003.perseus-grc1:48" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg003.perseus-grc1:48/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.</span> 48 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.357 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theaet.</span></span>); <span class="foreign greek">ἔχειν εὐχήν</span> to be under <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a vow,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Act.Ap.</span> 18.18 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wish</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">aspiration</span>, opp. reality, <span class="foreign greek">εὐχαῖς ὅμοια λέγειν</span> to build \'<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">castles in the air</span>\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:499c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:499c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 499c </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:540d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:540d/canonical-url/"> 540d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μὴ εὐ. δοκῇ εἶναι ὁ λόγος</span>ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:450d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:450d/canonical-url/"> 450d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ τὴν τῶν παίδων εὐ</span>. like a boy\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wish</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:249d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:249d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 249d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">εὐχῆς ἄξια</span> things <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be wished</span>, but not expected, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:182" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg011.perseus-grc1:182/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 4.182 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πολιτεία ἡ κατ’ εὐχὴν γινομένη</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ideal</span> state, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1295a:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1295a.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1295a29 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1288b:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1288b.23/canonical-url/"> 1288b23 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ζῆν κατ’ εὐχήν</span> ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1260b:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1260b.29/canonical-url/"> 1260b29 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prayer for evil</span>, i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">curse, imprecation</span>, <span class="quote greek">πατρὸς κατ’ εὐχάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:820" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:820/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 820 </a> , cf.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 70 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}