αὐχέω,
chiefly present and imperfect ηὔχουν, future αὐχήσω[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 857, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMort.” 22.2, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.373 (Thall.): ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ηὔχησα[[ [prev. work] 6.283, 15.4, 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 2.4.3] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: (αὔχη):—boast, plume oneself, ἐπί τινι on a thing, [[ Batrachomyomachia 57, “Anthologia Graeca” 6.283; τινί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 412] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with neuter adjective, τοσοῦτον αὐχεῖν[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.103; μέγ᾽ αὐ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 353 (Lyric poetry); μηδὲν τόδ᾽ αὔχει [prev. author] “Andr.” 463; μεγάλα NT.Jam.3.5] NT+5th c.BC+]: with accusative objecti, to boast of, ἀστέρας[[ “Anthologia Graeca” 7.373 (Thall.). ] Refs]
__II with accusative et infinitive, boast or declare loudly that.., αὐχέοντες κάλλιστα τιθέναι ἀγῶνα[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.160; ἀπεῶσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.39] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σώσειν (σῶσαι codices) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 311, compare “Ba.” 310: with _accusative_ only, αὐχῶ Σεβήραν] Refs 5th c.BC+] boast (that I hold her), [[ “IG” 14.2001, compare 3.172. ] Refs]
__II.2 with infinitive future, say confidently, to be proudly confident that, αὐχῶ γὰρ αὐχῶ τήνδε δωρεὰν ἐμοὶ δώσειν Δί᾽[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 340, compare 688 (Lyric poetry), “Pers.” 741, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus I with a _negative_, οὐ γάρ ποτ᾽ ηὔχουν.. μεθέξειν] Refs 5th c.BC+] I never thought that.., [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 506, compare “Eu.” 561 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 931. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]