Matthew 15:36

εὐχαριστήσας, a late Greek word (“does not occur before Polybius in the sense of gratias agere ” Camb. N. T.), condemned by Phryn., who enjoins χάριν εἰδέναι instead (Lobeck, p. 18). Elsner dissents from the judgment of the ancient grammarians, citing instances from Demosthenes, etc.