κέλευσμα

English (LSJ)

or κέλ-ευμα (v. infr.), ατος, τό, (κελεύω)

   A order, command, A.Eu.235, S.Ant.1219 (pl.), etc.; call, summons, A.Ch.751 (pl.): in Prose, word of command in battle, Hdt.4.141, 7.16, cf. E.Hec.929 (lyr.); ὁ Κύριος ἐν κ. καταβήσεται ἀπ' οὐρανοῦ 1 Ep.Thess.4.16; also, the call of the κελευστής (q.v.), which gave the time to the rowers, ἀπὸ ἑνὸς κελεύσματος all at once, Th.2.92, D.S.3.15; ἐξ ἑνὸς κελεύματος Sophr.25; ἐκ κελεύματος at the word of command, A.Pers.397, cf.E.IT1405; καχάζετε . . ἀπὸ κ. Eub.8; στρατεύσονται ἀφ' ἑνὸς κ. LXX Pr.30.27; of the boatswain's pipe, κέλευσμα προσαυλεῖν Phld.Mus.p.15 K.; also, the call of the driver to his horses, κελεύματι μόνον καὶ λόγῳ ἡνιοχεῖται Pl.Phdr.253d; of the huntsman to his hounds, X.Cyn.6.20; κ. κυνηγετῶν S.Ichn.225. (κέλευμα is the more ancient form, as in A.Pers.397, Ch.751, S., Sophr., Pl. (codd.l.c.), X., ll.cc., v.l. in Hdt. ll. cc., Th. l. c.)