εὐχή, ἡ,
(εὔχομαι) prayer or vow, once in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (compare εὖχος, εὐχωλή), ἐπὴν εὐχῇσι λίσῃ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.526, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 419, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 341, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.31, etc.; θεὸς εὔφρων εἴη.. εὐχαῖς 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 4.15; εὐχὰς ἀνασχεῖν τινι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 636 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; εὐχὴν ἐπιτελέσαι, Latin vota persolvere, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86; εὐχὰς ἀποδιδόναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.10; εὐχὴν ἀνέστησεν “SIG” 1142 (Phrygia, 1st-2nd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐχῇ χρῆσθαι, Latin votis potiri, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 688b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ χιλίων.. εὐχὴν ποιήσασθαι χιμάρων to make a vow of a thousand goats, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 661; ἐν θεῶν εὐχαῖσι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 239, etc.; εὐχαὶ πρὸς θεούς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 700b; εὐχὰς εὔχεσθαι τοῖς θεοῖς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.130; εὐχὰς εὔξεται ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως “Inscription Prien.” 174.18 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐχὰς ποιεῖσθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.32, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 400a17; εὐχὴν ἀποθύειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 43.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ εὐχήν, ἐξ εὐχῆς, Latin ex voto, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Epigrammata” 48, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.357 (3rd c.BC: Theaetetus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἔχειν εὐχήν to be under a vow, [[ NT.Acts.18.18. ] NT]
__2 wish or aspiration, opposed to reality, εὐχαῖς ὅμοια λέγειν to build 'castles in the air', [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 499c, compare 540d; μὴ εὐ. δοκῇ εἶναι ὁ λόγος[prev. work] 450d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν τῶν παίδων εὐ. like a boy's wish, [[ [prev. author] “Sph.” 249d ] Refs]; εὐχῆς ἄξια things to be wished, but not expected, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.182 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολιτεία ἡ κατ᾽ εὐχὴν γινομένη the ideal state, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1295a29, compare 1288b23; ζῆν κατ᾽ εὐχήν [prev. work] 1260b29. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]