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.
ShortDef
to pray, offer prayers, pay one's vows, make a vow
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Headword (normalized):
εὔχομαι
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ευχομαι
URN:
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