επεγκελεύω

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Κύριε, βοήθησον τὸν δοῦλον σου Νῖλον κτλ. → Lord, help your slave Nilos ... (mosaic inscription from 4th-cent. church in the Negev)

Source

Greek Monolingual

ἐπεγκελεύω (AM)
1. παρακινώ, παροτρύνω κάποιον σε κάτι («ἀλλ' οὖν ἐπεγκέλευέ γ' ὡς εὐψυχίαν... κτησώμεθα», Ευρ.)
2. μέσ. επεγκελεύομαι
διατάσσω, συνιστώ.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < επί + εγκελεύω «προτρέπω, παρακινώ»].