Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • καὶ ὅταν γε οἱ ἄλλοι ἄνθρωποι τοῖσ θεοῖσ εὔχωνται πολυκαρπίαν, εἰκότωσ ἂν οὗτοσ πολυοψίαν εὔχοιτο. (Xenophon, Memorabilia, , chapter 14 5:6)
  • καθάπερ εἴ τισ ἐν ὄμβρῳ πορευόμενοσ σκέπασμα μὲν ἔχοι μηδέν, εὔχοιτο δὲ μόνον ἕκαστον τῶν σταλαγμῶν διαφυγεῖν ̔πολὺ γοῦν τῶν σταλαγμῶν συνεχέστερά ἐστι τὰ δυσχερῆ τὰ παρὰ τῆσ τύχησ̓ ἢ νὴ Δία εἴ τισ πλέων ἀντὶ τοῦ τοῖσ οἰάξι προσέχειν καὶ τὸ προσπῖπτον δέχεσθαι καλῶσ εὔχοιτο μηδὲν τῶν κυμάτων κατὰ τὴν ναῦν γενέσθαι. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 14:1)
  • καὶ εὐχὴν δέ τινεσ αὐτοῦ ἐξέφερον ὡσ εὔχοιτο τοσοῦτον χρόνον ζῆν ἔστε νικῴη καὶ τοὺσ εὖ καὶ κακῶσ ποιοῦντασ ἀλεξόμενοσ. (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 9 12:2)

Synonyms

  1. to pray

  2. I pray for

  3. to vow or promise to do

  4. to profess loudly

Related

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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