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εὔχομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔχομαι εὔξομαι ηὐξάμην ηὖγμαι

Structure: εύ̓χ (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: v. sub fin.

Sense

  1. to pray, offer prayers
  2. I pray for, wish for, long for
  3. to vow or promise to do
  4. to profess loudly, to boast, vaunt

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

Aorist tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μυριάκισ πλεῖόν ἐστι καὶ μεῖζον αὐτῇ τὸ εὐέλπι καὶ περιχαρὲσ καὶ πᾶσαν εὐπραξίασ ὄνησιν ὡσ ἐκ θεῶν οὖσαν εὐχόμενον καὶ δεχόμενον. (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 21 5:1)
  • Δαναὸσ δὲ πατὴρ καὶ βούλαρχοσ καὶ στασίαρχοσ τάδε πεσσονομῶν κύδιστ’ ἀχέων ἐπέκρανε, φεύγειν ἀνέδην διὰ κῦμ’ ἅλιον, κέλσαι δ’ Ἄργουσ γαῖαν, ὅθεν δὴ γένοσ ἡμέτερον τῆσ οἰστροδόνου βοὸσ ἐξ ἐπαφῆσ κἀξ ἐπιπνοίασ Διὸσ εὐχόμενον τετέλεσται. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode, lyric 1:3)
  • λέγω δ’ οἱο͂ν, ἐπεὶ τὰ ἐναντία ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ γένει, τὸ φάναι τὸν μὲν πτωχεύοντα εὔχεσθαι τὸν δὲ εὐχόμενον πτωχεύειν, ὅτι ἄμφω αἰτήσεισ, τὸ εἰρημένον ἐστὶ ποιεῖν, ὡσ καὶ Ἰφικράτησ Καλλίαν μητραγύρτην ἀλλ’ οὐ δᾳδοῦχον, ὁ δὲ ἔφη ἀμύητον αὐτὸν εἶναι· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 2 10:1)
  • τούτοισ γε μὴν ξυνέπεται μηδὲ εὐχὰσ εὔχεσθαι τὸν βασιλέα τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ὁμοίασ μηδὲ αὖ τοὺσ θεοὺσ καλεῖν οὕτωσ εὐχόμενον ὥσπερ ὁ Ιὤνων ποιητὴσ Ἀνακρέων, ὦναξ, ᾧ δαμάλησ Ἔρωσ καὶ Νύμφαι κυανώπιδεσ πορφυρέη τ’ Ἀφροδίτη συμπαίζουσιν, ἐπιστρέφεαι δ’ ὑψηλὰσ ὀρέων κορυφάσ, γουνοῦμαί σε, σὺ δ’ εὐμενὴσ ἔλθοισ μοι, κεχαρισμένησ δ’ εὐχωλῆσ ἐπακούειν· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 76:1)
  • πολὺ δὲ μᾶλλον ὡσ Ὅμηροσ πεποίηκεν εὐχόμενον τὸν βασιλέα τῶν πάντων Ἑλλήνων, Ζεῦ κύδιστε, μέγιστε, κελαινεφέσ, αἰθέρι ναίων, μὴ πρὶν ἐπ’ ἠέλιον δῦναι καὶ ἐπὶ κνέφασ ἐλθεῖν, πρίν με καταπρηνὲσ βαλέειν Πριάμοιο μέλαθρον αἰθαλόεν, πρῆσαι δὲ πυρὸσ δηίοιο θύρετρα· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 79:1)

Synonyms

  1. to pray

  2. I pray for

  3. to vow or promise to do

  4. to profess loudly

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