ἐπικαλέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[summon]] a god to a sacrifice or as witness to an oath, etc., [[invoke]], θεόν <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.39</span>, <span class="bibl">3.8</span>, al.; ἐπὶ δὲ κάλεσον Ἄρτεμιν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 1280</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>7.59</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐ. θεόν τινι</b> [[invoke]] a god [[over]] one, to [[be]] [[gracious to]] him, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.199</span>; or, [[watch over]] his good faith, <span class="bibl">Id.3.65</span>:— Med.,<span class="bibl">Id.1.87</span>, al., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.55</span>, al.; ἐπικαλεσάμενος τὸν θεόν <span class="title">OGI</span>194.18 (Egypt, i B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span>. [[pray for]], πρὸ καιροῦ τὸν θάνατον <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>5.1676.24</span> (vi A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[invite]], γέροντας ἐπὶ πλέονας καλέσαντες <span class="bibl">Od. 7.189</span>:—Med., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.187</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. Med., [[call in]] as a helper or ally, ἐπικαλεῖσθαί τινα σύμμαχον <span class="bibl">Id.8.64</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th.1.101</span>: c.inf., <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.87</span>; ἐ. τοὺς κεκμηκότας μὴ γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.3.59</span>; ἐ. ἐκ Θεσσαλίης ἐπικουρίην <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.63</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[call in]] as witness, μάρτυρας ἐ. τινάς <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.30</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>664c</span>: c.inf., ἐ. θεοὺς . . καθορᾶν τὰ γιγνόμενα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.3.55</span>: with neut. Adj., <b class="b3">ταῦτα ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.62</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span>. [[appeal to]], [[σύνεσιν]] καὶ παιδείαν <span class="bibl">D.18.127</span> (hence, = Lat. [[appello]], [[provoco]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Marc.</span>2</span>; [[τὸν]] δῆμον ἀπὸ τῶν δικαστῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">TG</span>16</span>; Καίσαρα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>25.11</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. [[call before one]], [[summon]], of the Ephors, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.39</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span>. [[challenge]], ib.''1''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span>. [[call by surname]], Δίων ὃν ἐπεκάλουν Χρυσόστομον <span class="bibl">Eun. <span class="title">VS</span>p.454</span> B.:—more freq. Pass., to [[be called by surname]], [[ἐπεκλήθησαν]] Κεκροπίδαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.44</span>; to [[be nicknamed]], Ἀριστόδημον τὸν μικρὸν ἐπικαλούμενον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.4.2</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HG</span>2.3.31</span>; also τὸ ὄνομα ἐπικέκληταί σοι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">De.</span>28.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπικληθήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸ ὄνομάμου</b> ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ge.</span>48.16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span>. [[bring as an accusation against]], τινί τι <span class="bibl">Th.1.139</span>, <span class="bibl">4.133</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.9</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινί</b>, c. inf., [[accuse]] one of doing, <span class="bibl">Th.2.27</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antipho 3.1.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τὴν</b> ἀπόστασιν ὅτι . . ἐποιήσαντο <span class="bibl">Th.3.36</span>; ἐ. τινὶ πάντα ὅσα ἠδίκητο <span class="bibl">D.C. 37.6</span>; <b class="b3">ταῦτ' ἐπικαλεῖς</b>; [[is]] this [[your charge]]? <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>663</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἀρχαιότητα</b> [[objecting to]] its obsoleteness, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>657b</span>: abs., [[ἐπικαλείτω]] [[let]] him [[bring his action]], <span class="title">SIG</span>45.17 (Halic., v B.C.); <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπικαλῶν</b> the [[plaintiff]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHal.</span>1.216</span> (iii B.C.):—Pass., <b class="b3">τὰ ἐπικαλεύμενα χρήματα</b> the money [[imputed]] [[to him]], i.e. [[which he was charged with having]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.118</span> (but [[τὰ]] [[ἐπικαλούμενα]] the [[sums claimed]], PPetr.2p.108 (iii B.C.), and so in Act. <b class="b3">λείαν ἐ</b>.ib.3p.185); περὶ δανείου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGrenf.</span>2.31.15</span> (ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. c. dat. pers. only, <b class="b3">ἐπικαλεῖν τινί</b> [[quarrel]], [[dispute with]], ἀλλήλοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>766e</span>.</span>