Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.pray or make a vow to a deity, c. dat., θεοῖς, Διΐ, Od.11.46, Il.6.475, etc.; but in S.OC1024, ἐ. θεοῖς give thanks to them: c. dat. et inf., pray to one that . ., “ἐπεύχετο πᾶσι θεοῖσι νοστῆσαι Ὀδυσῆα” Od.14.423, 20.238, cf. S.Ph.1470, Ar.Pax1320 (anap.), etc.: without a dat., “κατθανεῖν ἐπηυχόμην” S.Tr.16; ἐ. εὐορκοῦντι εἶναι ἀγαθά Lexap.And.1.98, cf. Aeschin.3.111: c. acc. rei, pray for, “θανάτου μοῖραν” A.Ag. 1462 (lyr.): c. acc. cogn., “ἐ. λιτάς” S.OC484; “τοιαῦτα θεοῖς” A.Th. 280: later, c. acc. pers., “ἐ. θεούς” Aristaenet.2.2.

II. vow, c. fut. inf., “ἐ. θήσειν τροπαῖα” A.Th.276.

III. imprecate upon, “μόρον . . Πελοπίδαις” Id.Ag.1600, cf. 501, Ch.112; “ἀρὰς τοῖς ἀπειθοῦσιν” Pl.Criti. 119e: c. inf. “ἐπεύχομαι [αὐτῷ] παθεῖν” S.OT249: abs., utter imprecations, “μὴ 'πεύξῃ πέρα” Id.Ph.1286, cf. Tr.809: rarely in good sense, “ἐ. εὐτυχίαν τινί” Plu.Galb.18; “ἐ. τινὶ εὐτυχεῖν” A.Th.481.

IV. exult over, “δοιοῖσιν ἐπεύξεαι Ἱππασίδῃσι” Il.11.431: abs., 5.119.

2. c. inf., boast that . ., c. aor. inf., “μιγῆναι” h.Ven.287; fut., A.Ag.1262; pres., Id.Eu.58, etc.; Ἄργος πατρίδ᾽ ἐμὴν ἐ. (sc. εἶναι) E.IT508: c. part., ἐ. ἐκφυγόν boast that it has escaped, Pl.Sph.235c, cf. E.Rh.693 (reading θρασύς).