_precari aliquid a deo_—to pray to God.
_precari deum, deos_—to pray to God.
_supplicare deo_ (Sall. Iug. 63. 1)—to pray to God.
_adhibere deo preces_—to pray to God.
_praeire verba (carmen)_ (Liv. 31. 17)—to read prayers for the
congregation to repeat.
_(supinas) manus_[1] _ad caelum tendere_—to raise the hands to heaven
(attitude of prayer).
_favete ore, linguis_ = εὐφημειτε—maintain a devout silence (properly,
utter no ill-omened word).
_preces facere_—to pray.
_grates, laudes agere dis immortalibus_—to thank, glorify the immortal
gods.
_testari deos_ (Sull. 31. 86)—to call the gods to witness.
_contestari deos hominesque_—to call gods and men to witness.
_dis bene iuvantibus_ (Fam. 7. 20. 2)—with the help of the gods.
_quod deus bene vertat!_[2]—and may God grant success!
_quod di immortales omen avertant!_ (Phil. 44. 11)—and may heaven
avert the omen! heaven preserve us from this!
_quod abominor! (procul absit!)_—God forbid!
_di prohibeant, di meliora!_—heaven forfend!
_quod bonum, faustum, felix, fortunatumque sit!_[3] (Div. 1. 45.
102)—may heaven's blessing rest on it.
_precari alicui bene (male)_ or _omnia bona (mala), salutem_—to bless
(curse) a person.
_vota facere, nuncupare, suscipere, concipere_—to make a vow.
_vota solvere, persolvere, reddere_—to accomplish, pay a vow.
_voti damnari, compotem fieri_—to have to pay a vow; to obtain one's
wish.
[1] _supinus_ = ὕπτιος, bent backwards; _supinae manus_, with the
palms turned up. The opposite of _supinus_ is _pronus_, e.g. _puerum
imponere equo pronum in ventrem, postea sedentem_ (Varr.); _pecora
quae natura prona finxit_ (Sall.)
[2] Note that these clauses with _quod_ are parenthetical.
[3] Sometimes abbreviated q. b. f. f. f. s.