ἐπεύχομαι

1. Dep.

2. to pray or make a vow to a deity, with dative, (Homer), etc.:—;with infinitive to pray to one that . . , (Odyssey by Homer), etc. :—;with accusative rei, to pray for , (Aeschulus Tragicus): also, with accusative cognate, ἐπ. λιτάς (Sophocles Tragicus)

3. to imprecate a curse upon , τί τινι (Aeschulus Tragicus); with infinitive, ἐπεύχομαι [ αὐτῷ] παθεῖν (Sophocles Tragicus): absolute to utter imprecations , (Sophocles Tragicus)

4. to glory over , τινι (Iliad by Homer)

5. to boast that , with infinitive, (Homeric Hymns), etc. (ML)