ἐπεύχομαι

A. pray or make a vow to a deity, c. dat., θεοῖς, Διΐ, Od. 11.46, Il. 6.475, etc.; but in S. OC 1024, ἐ. θεοῖς give thanks to them: c. dat. et inf., pray to one that . ., ἐπεύχετο πᾶσι θεοῖσι νοστῆσαι Ὀδυσῆα Od. 14.423, 20.238, cf. S. Ph. 1470, Ar. Pax 1320 (anap.), etc.: without a dat., κατθανεῖν ἐπηυχόμην S. Tr. 16; ἐ. εὐορκοῦντι εἶναι ἀγαθά Lexap.And. 1.98, cf. Aeschin. 3.111: c. acc. rei, pray for, θανάτου μοῖραν A. Ag. 1462 (lyr.): c. acc. cogn., ἐ. λιτάς S. OC 484; τοιαῦτα θεοῖς A. Th. 280: later, c. acc. pers., ἐ. θεούς Aristaenet. 2.2.

II. vow, c. fut. inf., ἐ. θήσειν τροπαῖα A. Th. 276.

III. imprecate upon, μόρον . . Πελοπίδαις Id. Ag. 1600, cf. 501, Ch. 112; ἀρὰς τοῖς ἀπειθοῦσιν Pl. Criti. 119e: c. inf. ἐπεύχομαι [αὐτῷ] παθεῖν S. OT 249: abs., utter imprecations, μὴ ’πεύξῃ πέρα Id. Ph. 1286, cf. Tr. 809: rarely in good sense, ἐ. εὐτυχίαν τινί Plu. Galb. 18; ἐ. τινὶ εὐτυχεῖν A. Th. 481.

IV. exult over, δοιοῖσιν ἐπεύξεαι Ἱππασίδῃσι Il. 11.431: abs., 5.119.

2. c. inf., boast that . ., c. aor. inf., μιγῆναι h.Ven. 287; fut., A. Ag. 1262; pres., Id. Eu. 58, etc.; Ἄργος πατρίδ’ ἐμὴν ἐ. (sc. εἶναι) E. IT 508: c. part., ἐ. ἐκφυγόν boast that it has escaped, Pl. Sph. 235c, cf. E. Rh. 693 (reading θρασύς).