boast, plume oneself,
αὐχέω, chieflypres.andimpf. ηὔχουν, fut.
A.
αὐχήσω
E. Fr. 857
, Luc. DMort. 22.2 , AP 7.373 (Thall.):aor. ηὔχησαib. 6.283 , 15.4 , Apollod. 2.4.3 : (αὔχη):—boast, plume oneself, ἐπί τινιon a thing, Batr. 57 , AP 6.283 ; τινί
E. IA 412
: with neut.Adj., τοσοῦτον αὐχεῖν
Hdt. 7.103
; μέγ' αὐ.
E. Heracl. 353
(lyr.); μηδὲν τόδ' αὔχει
Id. Andr. 463
; μεγάλα
Ep.Jac. 3.5
: c. acc. objecti,to boast of,
ἀστέρας
AP 7.373
(Thall.).
II. c. acc. etinf.,boastordeclare loudlythat . . , αὐχέοντες κάλλιστα τιθέναι ἀγῶνα
Hdt. 2.160
; ἀπεῶσθαι
Th. 2.39
;σώσειν(σῶσαιcodd.) E. Andr. 311 , cf. Ba. 310 : c. acc. only,αὐχῶ Σεβήραν boast(that I hold her), IG 14.2001 , cf. 3.172 .
2. c.inf. fut.,say confidently, to be proudly confidentthat, αὐχῶ γὰρ αὐχῶ τήνδε δωρεὰν ἐμοὶ δώσειν Δί'
A. Pr. 340
, cf. 688 (lyr.), Pers. 741 , Cratin. I with a neg.,οὐ γάρ ποτ' ηὔχουν . . μεθέξεινI neverthoughtthat . . , A. Ag. 506 , cf. Eu. 561 (lyr.), E. Heracl. 931 .
III.
Med. ,αὐχήσασθαι: καυχήσασθαι,
Hsch. — Never in S. (ἐπ-, ἐξ-αυχέω,
El. 65 , Ant. 390 ); rare in Com. and Prose.
