invoke
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. and V. ἀνακαλεῖν (or mid.) (V. also ἀγκαλεῖν), μαρτύρεσθαι, Ar. and P. ἐπιμαρτύρεσθαι, παρακαλεῖν, P. ἐπιβοᾶσθαι, ἐπικαλεῖν, Ar. and V. καλεῖν (or mid.), κικλήσκειν.
pray to: P. and V. εὔχεσθαι (dat., or πρός, acc.), ἐπεύχεσθαι (dat.), προσεύχεσθαι (dat., or V., acc.); see pray.
invoke the gods: P. ἐπιθειάζειν (absol.), V. θεοκλυτεῖν (absol.).
invoke a curse on: P. and V. ἐπαρᾶσθαι (dat.), ἀρὰς ἀρᾶσθαι (dat.), V. κακὰς, πράξεις ἐφυμνεῖν (dat.); see curse.
invoking utter destruction on yourself, family, and house: P. ἐξώλειαν αὑτῷ καὶ γένει καὶ οἰκίᾳ τῇ σῇ ἐπαρώμενος (Antiphon 130; cf. Lys. 121).
invoking many blessings on your head and mine: V. σοὶ πολλὰ κἀμοὶ κέδν' ἀρώμενοι τυχεῖν (Eur., Orestes 1138).
invoked by prayer: use adj., P. and V. εὐκταῖος (Plato also Ar.).