εὔχομαι

See also: εύχομαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Mycenaean 𐀁𐀄𐀐𐀵 (e-u-ke-to, εὔχεται).[1] From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ-. Cognates include Sanskrit ओहते (óhate), वाघत् (vāghát), Avestan 𐬀𐬊𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬈 (aojaite), Old Armenian գոգեմ (gogem), and Latin voveō.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

εὔχομαι (eúkhomai)

  1. to pray, offer prayers
  2. to pray for, wish for, long for
  3. to vow or promise to do
  4. to profess loudly, to boast, vaunt

Inflection

Derived terms

  • with prepositional prefixes:
    • ἀπεύχομαι (apeúkhomai)
    • ἐξεύχομαι (exeúkhomai)
    • ἐνεύχομαι (eneúkhomai)
    • κατεύχομαι (kateúkhomai)
    • μετεύχομαι (meteúkhomai)
    • προκατεύχομαι (prokateúkhomai)
    • προσεπεύχομαι (prosepeúkhomai)
    • προσεύχομαι (proseúkhomai)
    • προσκατεύχομαι (proskateúkhomai)
    • συγκατεύχομαι (sunkateúkhomai)
    • συνεπεύχομαι (sunepeúkhomai)
    • συνεύχομαι (suneúkhomai)
  • ἐπευχάδιος (epeukhádios)
  • with suffixes

References

  1. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), εὔχομαι”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈef.xo.me/
  • Hyphenation: εὔ‧χο‧μαι

Verb

εὔχομαι (eὔchomai)

  1. Polytonic form of εύχομαι (éfchomai)
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