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κατ-εύχομαι , fut. -εύξομαι E.IA1186:—
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.
3. abs., make a prayer or vow, Hdt.2.40, 4.172, A.Ag.1250, S.Tr.764, etc.
4. c. gen., pray over, “τῶν ἱερῶν” IG7.235.25 (Oropus, iv B.C.).
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.
3. abs., “μηδὲν κατεύχου” E.IT536, cf. Pl.Lg.934e.
III. boast, c. fut. inf., Theoc. 1.97.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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