Dictionary entry

G02172

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

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.