εὔχομαι,
impf. εὐχόμην (Att. ηὐ -) Il. 3.275, etc.: fut. εὔξομαι Ar. Av. 622 (anap.), etc.: aor. 1 εὐξάμην (Att. ηὐ -) Il. 8.254, etc.: 2 sg. subj. εὔξεαι Od. 3.45: (augm. ηὐ - only Att. acc. to Hdn.Gr. 2.789, Moer. 175): -
I
1. pray, θεοῖς Il. 3.296, Hdt. 8.64, Th. 3.58, etc.; ἀγάλμασι Heraclit. 5; ἀνέμοισι Hdt. 7.178; Ἀργείοισι A. Supp. 980: c.acc. cogn., εὐχὰς εὔ. τοῖς θεοῖς D. 19.130; εὐχὰς ὑπέρ τινος πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς εὔ. Aeschin. 3.18; εὔ. ἔπος to utter it in prayer, Simon. 37.19, Pi. P. 3.2, A. Supp. 1059 (lyr.); μεγάλα, μέγα εὔ., pray aloud, Il. 3.275, Od. 17.239; πολλὰ Ποσειδάωνι 3.54: later, c.acc., Ἄρτεμιν εὔ. AP 9.268 (Antip. Thess.): abs., Il. 7.298, A. Ch. 465 (lyr.), Ar. Fr. 39 D. (lyr.), etc.
2. c. acc. et inf., pray that, Od. 15.353, 21.211, Hdt. 1.31; of an unrealizable wish (cf. εὐχή 2), Arist. EN 1118a32, cf. Macho ap. Ath. 8.341d: c. inf. alone, εὔ. θάνατον φυγεῖν Il. 2.401; τί δοκέεις εὔχεσθαι ἄλλο ἢ.. λαβεῖν; Hdt. 1.27; οἶκον ἰδεῖν Pi. P. 4.293, etc.; τοῖς θεοῖς c. acc. et inf., Pl. Phd. 117c; also εὔ. τοὺς θεοὺς δοῦναί μοι pray that the gods may give, Ar. Th. 351, X. An. 6.1.26; πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς διδόναι Id. Mem. 1.3.2; ταῖς Μούσαις εἰπεῖν Pl. R. 545d, etc.; later εὔ. ἵνα Aristeas 45, D.H. 9.53, Arr. Epict. 2.6.12; ὅπως Wien.Stud. 44.159.
3. c. acc. obj., pray for, long or wish for, χρυσόν Pi. N. 8.37, etc.; εὐχόμενος ἄν τις ταῦτα εὔξαιτο Antipho 6.1; εὔ. τινί τι pray for something for a person, S. Ph. 1019; κακόν τινι Lys. 21.21; also, pray for a thing from.., τοῖς θεοῖς πολλὰ ἀγαθὰ ὑπέρ τινος X. Mem. 2.2.10; τοῖς θεοῖς πολυκαρπίαν ib. 3.14.3; δεινὸν κατά τινος Luc. Abd. 32.
II vow or promise to do.., c. fut. inf., εὔχομαι ἐξελάαν κύνας Il. 8.526; θεοῖσι.. ἑκατόμβας ῥέξειν Od. 17.50, cf. Il. 4.101, Pl. Phd. 58b, IG 12.108.55, 22.112.6 (iv B.C.): c. aor. inf., εὔχετο πάντ’ ἀποδοῦναι claimed (the right) to pay in full, Il. 18.499 (unless in signf. 111.3): c. pres. inf., ηὔξω θεοῖς.. ἂν ὧδ’ ἔρδειν τάδε; A. Ag. 933, cf. S. Ph. 1032 codd.
2. c. acc. rei, vow a thing, πολλῶν πατησμὸν εἱμάτων A. Ag. 963; ἱερεῖον Ar. Av. 1619; [ λύχνον] περὶ παιδός Call. Epigr. 56.3.
3. εὔ. κατά τινος of the thing vowed (as though on the altar), εὔ. τοῖς θεοῖς κατὰ ἑκατόμβης Plu. Mar. 26, cf. 2.294b; κατὰ νικητηρίων D. [Eph 1:16].
III
1. profess loudly, boast, vaunt, οὕτω φησὶ καὶ εὔχεται, οὕνεκ’ Ἀχιλλεὺς νηυσὶν ἔπι γλαφυρῇσι μένει Il. 14.366; εὑρεῖν Emp. 2.6: mostly, not of empty boasting, but of something of which one has a right to be proud, ταύτης τοι γενεῆς τε καὶ αἵματος εὔχομαι εἶναι Il. 6.211, cf. 8.190; πατρὸς δ’ ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἐγὼ γένος εὔχομαι εἶναι 14.113, cf. Pl. Grg. 449a: rarely without inf., ἐκ Κρητάων γένος εὔχομαι (sc. εἶναι) Od. 14.199; τὸ πατρόθεν ἐκ Διὸς εὔχονται Pi. O. 7.23, cf. P. 4.97; πόρτις εὔχεται βοός (sc. εἶναι) A. Supp. 314; ἔνθεν εὔχομαι γένος E. Fr. 696; but also,
2. boast vainlv, brag, εὔχεαι αὔτως Il. 11.388: c. inf., εὔ. δῃώσειν S. OC 1318.
3. simply, profess or declare, ἱκέτης δέ τοι εὔ. εἶναι Od. 5.450; οὔτ’ ὦν ἀκοῦσαι οὔτ’ ἰδεῖν εὔχοντο Pi. O. 6.53; τίς χθὼν εὔχεται ἥδε [εἶναι ]; A.R. 4.1251; cf. supr. 11.1. Pass., ἐμοὶ μετρίως ηὖκται I have prayed sufficiently, Pl. Phdr. 279c: pf. inf., ταῦτα μὲν ηὖχθαι IG 22.112.12 (iv B.C.); ἡ πανήγυρις ἡ.. εὐχθεῖσα vowed, D.C. 48.32: but plpf. (or non-thematic preterite) ηὔγμην in act. sense, S. Tr. 610; so εὖκτο Thebaïs Fr. 3. (Cf. Skt. óhate ’to (be able to) boast that one is’, ’to brag’, Avest. aog - ’declare solemnly’.)
G2172 — εὔχομαι
imperfect ηὐχόμην ([Rom 9:3]) and εὐχόμην ([Act 27:29] T Tr, see εὐδοκέω at the beginning (cf. Veitch, under the word; Tdf. Proleg., p. 121)); (1 aorist middle εὐξάμην [Act 26:29] Tdf., where others read the optative ἐυχαιμην; deponent verb, cf. Winer's Grammar, § 38, 7);
1. to pray to God (the Sept. in this sense for הִתְפַּלֵּל and עָתַר): τῷ Θεῷ (as very often in classical Greek from Homer down (cf. Winers Grammar, 212 (199); Buttmann, 177 (154))), followed by the accusative with an infinitive, [Act 26:29]; πρός τόν Θεόν (Xenophon, mem. 1, 3, 2; symp. 4, 55; often in the Sept.), followed by the accusative with infinitive [2Co 13:7]; ὑπέρ with the genitive of person, for one, [Jam 5:16] where L WH text Tr marginal reading προσεύχεσθε (Xenophon, mem. 2, 2, 10). (Synonym: see αἰτέω, at the end)
2. to wish: τί, [2Co 13:9]; followed by the accusative with an infinitive [3Jo 1:2] (others, adhere to the religious sense, to pray, pray for, in both the preceding passages); [Act 27:29]; ηὐχόμην (on this use of the imperfect cf. Winers Grammar, 283 (266); Buttmann, § 139, 15; (Lightfoot on [Phi 1:13])) εἶναι, I could wish to be, [Rom 9:3]. (Compare: προσεύχομαι.)
εὔχομαι ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5074, also for H6279 hi ., etc.;]
to pray: c . acc rei , [2Co 13:9]; c. dat. pers ., τ . θεῷ , [Act 26:29]; seq . πρὸς τ . θεόν , [2Co 13:7]; c . acc et inf ., [Act 27:29], [3Jn 1:2]; seq . ὑπέρ , [Jas 5:16]; ηὐχόμην εἶναι (On impf . here, v. ICC , in l , Lft ., [Phm 1:13]), [Rom 9:3] ( Cremer , 718). †