A.pray earnestly, c. inf., “τοῖσι Πέρσῃσι κατεύχεται εὖ γίνεσθαι” Hdt.1.132; τί σοι κατεύξῃ τἀγαθόν (sc. γενέσθαι); E.l.c.
2. c.acc. et inf., A.Ch.139, Eu.922 (lyr.), S.OC1575 (lyr.); κ. τινί pray to one, A.Ch.88, E.Andr.1105; “κ. τῇ θεῷ ἀπάξειν” Ath.13.573e; κ. τινά c. inf., entreat a person to . . , Theoc. 2.71.
II. in bad sense,
1. c. gen. pers., pray against one, imprecate curses on one, “τινῶν πρὸς τὸν θεόν” Pl.R.393a: c. acc. rei, “οἵας ἀρᾶται καὶ κ. τύχας” A.Th.633, cf. S.Aj.392; “πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ καθ᾽ αὑτῶν” Plu.Num.12.
2. c. acc. et inf., “τὸν δεδρακότα κακῶς . . ἐκτρῖψαι βίον” S.OT246; “κ. τεῖσαι τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς τὰ ἃ δάκρυα” Pl.R. 394a.
III. boast, c. fut. inf., Theoc. 1.97.