A.“-ξομαι” A.Ag.317:—offer prayers or vows, “θεοῖς” A. l.c., cf. E.Hipp.116, al., etc.; “τῷ ἡλίῳ” Pl.Smp.220d; “θεῷ π. σωτηρίαν ἡμῖν διδόναι” Id.Criti.106a, cf. X.Cyr.2.1.1.
3. abs., offer prayers, worship, Hdt.1.48, A.Pr.937, S.Ant.1337, etc.; π. γλώσσῃ, πνεύματι, νοΐ, 1 Ep.Cor.14.14,15.
II. c. acc. rei, pray for a thing, “νίκην πολέμου” X.HG3.2.22: c.inf., “ἕλκειν τὸ βέδυ π.” Philyll.20; ζῆσαι προσεύχου pray for life, Epigr.Gr.1040.11 (Adada): folld. by τοῦ c. inf., Ep.Jac.5.17; π. ἵνα . ., περί τινων ὅπως, Ev.Matt.24.20, Act.Ap. 8.15.