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αὐχέω

αὐχέω, to boast, plume oneself

αὐχέω, chiefly pres. and impf. ηὔχουν, fut. αὐχήσω E. Fr. 857, Luc. DMort. 2[22].2, AP 7.373 (Thall.): aor. ηὔχησα ib. 6.283, 15.4, Apollod. 2.4.3: (αὔχη):—
  • boast, plume oneself, ἐπί τινι on a thing, Batr. 57, AP 6.283; τινί E. IA 412: with neut. Adj., τοσοῦτον αὐχεῖν Hdt. 7.103; μέγʼ αὐ. E. Heracl. 353 (lyr.); μηδὲν τόδʼ αὔχει Id. Andr. 463; μεγάλα Ep.Jac. 3.5: c. acc. objecti, to boast of, ἀστέρας AP 7.373 (Thall.).
    • II c. acc. et inf., boast or declare loudly that . ., αὐχέοντες κάλλιστα τιθέναι ἀγῶνα Hdt. 2.160; ἀπεῶσθαι Th. 2.39; σώσειν (σῶσαι codd.) 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 confident that, αὐχῶ γὰρ αὐχῶ τήνδε δωρεὰν ἐμοὶ δώσειν Δίʼ A. Pr. 340, cf. 688 (lyr.), Pers. 741, Cratin. I with a neg., οὐ γάρ ποτʼ ηὔχουν . . μεθέξειν I never thought that . ., 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.

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