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εὐχή

euche

prayer

Appears 50 times across Plato's dialogues.

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εὐχή, ἡ, (εὔχομαι) A. prayer or vow, once in Hom. (cf. εὖχος, εὐχωλή) , ἐπὴν εὐχῇσι λίσῃ Od. 10.526, cf. Hes. Th. 419, Thgn. 341, Hdt. 1.31, etc.; θεὸς εὔφρων εἴη . . εὐχαῖς Pi. O. 4.15; εὐχὰς ἀνασχεῖν τινι S. El. 636; εὐχὴν ἐπιτελέσαι, Lat. vota persolvere, Hdt. 1.86; εὐχὰς ἀποδιδόναι X. Mem. 2.2.10; εὐχὴν ἀνέστησεν SIG 1142 (Phrygia, i/ii A.D.); εὐχῇ χρῆσθαι, Lat.votis potiri, Pl. Lg. 688b; κατὰ χιλίων . . εὐχὴν ποιήσασθαι χιμάρων to make a vow of a thousand goats, Ar. Eq. 661; ἐν θεῶν εὐχαῖσι S. OT 239, etc.; εὐχαὶ πρὸς θεούς Pl. Lg. 700b; εὐχὰς εὔχεσθαι τοῖς θεοῖς D. 19.130; εὐχὰς εὔξεται ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως Inscr.Prien. 174.18 (ii B.C.); εὐχὰς ποιεῖσθαι Th. 6.32, Arist. Mu. 400a17; εὐχὴν ἀποθύειν Diph. 43.10; κατʼ εὐχήν, ἐξ εὐχῆς, Lat.ex voto, Call. Epigr. 48, AP 6.357 (Theaet.); ἔχειν εὐχήν to be under a vow, Act.Ap. 18.18. 2. wish or aspiration, opp. reality, εὐχαῖς ὅμοια λέγειν to build ‘castles in the air’, Pl. R. 499c, cf. 540d; μὴ εὐ. δοκῇ εἶναι ὁ λόγοςib.450d; κατὰ τὴν τῶν παίδων εὐ. like a boyʼs wish, Id. Sph. 249d; εὐχῆς ἄξια things to be wished, but not expected, Isoc. 4.182; πολιτεία ἡ κατʼ εὐχὴν γινομένη the ideal state, Arist. Pol. 1295a29, cf. 1288b23; ζῆν κατʼ εὐχήν ib. 1260b29. 3. prayer for evil, i.e. curse, imprecation, πατρὸς κατʼ εὐχάς A. Th. 820, cf.E. Ph. 70.
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