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εὔχομαι
εὔχομαι v. sub fin. Dep.: to pray, offer prayers, pay oneʼs vows, make a vow, Lat. precari, vota facere, θεῶι or θεοῖς Hom., etc.; πρὸς τοὺς θεούς Xen., etc.:—c. dat. commodi, to pray for one, Il. c. inf. to pray that, Hom., etc.; also, εὔχ. τοὺς θεοὺς δοῦναι to pray them to give, Xen. c. acc. objecti, to pray for a thing, long or wish for, Pind., Attic; εὔχ. τινί τι to pray for something for a person, as Soph. to vow or promise to do, c. inf., Hom., Attic c. acc. rei, like Lat. vovere, to vow a thing, Aesch., Ar. to profess loudly, to boast, vaunt, Il.; mostly of something of which one has a right to be proud, πατρὸς ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ γένος εὔχομαι εἶναι Il. simply to profess or declare, Od. as a Pass., ἐμοὶ μετρίως εὖκται I have prayed sufficiently, Plat.:—but Soph. uses plup. ηὔγμην in act. sense.

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to pray, offer prayers, pay one's vows, make a vow

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Headword:
εὔχομαι
Headword (normalized):
εὔχομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ευχομαι
Intro Text:
εὔχομαι v. sub fin. Dep.: to pray, offer prayers, pay oneʼs vows, make a vow, Lat. precari, vota facere, θεῶι or θεοῖς Hom., etc.; πρὸς τοὺς θεούς Xen., etc.:—c. dat. commodi, to pray for one, Il. c. inf. to pray that, Hom., etc.; also, εὔχ. τοὺς θεοὺς δοῦναι to pray them to give, Xen. c. acc. objecti, to pray for a thing, long or wish for, Pind., Attic; εὔχ. τινί τι to pray for something for a person, as Soph. to vow or promise to do, c. inf., Hom., Attic c. acc. rei, like Lat. vovere, to vow a thing, Aesch., Ar. to profess loudly, to boast, vaunt, Il.; mostly of something of which one has a right to be proud, πατρὸς ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ γένος εὔχομαι εἶναι Il. simply to profess or declare, Od. as a Pass., ἐμοὶ μετρίως εὖκται I have prayed sufficiently, Plat.:—but Soph. uses plup. ηὔγμην in act. sense.
IDX:
14199
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n14205
Key:
eu)/xomai

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  "key": "eu)/xomai"
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