εὔχομαι
Etym. v. sub fin.
Dep.:
I. "to pray, offer prayers, pay one's 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.
2. c. inf. "to pray that", Hom., etc.; also, εὔχ. τοὺς θεοὺς δοῦναι "to pray" them to give, Xen.
3. 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.
II. "to vow or promise to" do, c. inf., Hom., attic
2. c. acc. rei, like Lat. vovere, to vow a thing, Aesch., Ar.
III. "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 id=Il.
2. simply "to profess or declare", Od.
IV. as a Pass., ἐμοὶ μετρίως εὖκται I have prayed sufficiently, Plat.:—but Soph. uses plup. ηὔγμην in act. sense.