κελεύω

English (LSJ)

Ep. impf.

   A κέλευον Il.23.767: fut. κελεύ-σω, Ep. inf. -σέμεναι Od. 4.274: aor. ἐκέλευσα, Ep. κέλ- Il.20.4: pf. κεκέλευκα Lys.1.34, Luc. Demon.44:—Med., aor. ἐκελευσάμην Hp.Nat.Puer.13: more freq. in compds. δια-, ἐπι-, παρα-κελεύομαι (q.v.):—Pass., fut. -ευσθήσομαι D.C.68.9: aor. ἐκελεύσθην Hdt.7.9.ά, S.OC738, Th.7.70: pf. κεκέλευσμαι X.Cyr.8.3.14, Luc.Sacr.11: plpf. ἐκεκέλευστο D.C.78.4 (ἐκελεύθην v.l. in Hdt.7.9.ά, and κεκέλευμαι IG22.1121.13 (iv A.D.), v.l. in App.BC5.141 are later forms). (A lengthd. form of κέλομαι, q.v.):—prop. urge, drive on, [ἵππους] ὁ γέρων ἐφέπων μάστιγι κέλευε . . κατὰ ἄστυ Il.24.326: hence, exhort, bid,    1 c.acc. pers. et inf., order one to do, σ' ἔγωγε . . κελεύω ἐς πληθὺν ἰέναι 17.30, cf. 2.11, al., Hdt.1.8,24, etc.; ἐκέλευσε τὸν παῖδα περιμεῖναί ἑ κελεῦσαι he bade the lad bid us to wait for him, Pl.R.327b; ὁ νόμος τὸν ἐπιβουλεύσαντα κελεύει φονέα εἶναι, i.e. bids that he be held guilty, Antipho 4.2.5; ὁ τὸν νόμον κελεύων ἄρχειν δοκεῖ κελεύειν ἄρχειν τὸν θεὸν καὶ τὸν νοῦν Arist. Pol.1287a29; ἐς τὴν Μίλητον ἔπεμπον κελεύοντες σφίσι τὸν Ἀστύοχον βοηθεῖν Th.8.38; request, Lys.16.16; opp. ἐπιτάττειν, IG12.76.33.    2 c. acc. pers. et rei, σφῶϊ μὲν οὔ τι κελεύω Il.4.286; τά με θυμὸς . . κελεύει (sc. εἰπεῖν) 7.68, etc.: with inf. subjoined, τί με ταῦτα κελεύεις . . μάχεσθαι; 20.87.    3 c. acc. pers. only, εἰ μὴ θυμός με κελεύοι (sc. φείδεσθαι) Od.9.278; ὥς με κελεύεις (sc. μυθεῖσθαι) 11.507: in Prose, ἐκέλευσε τοὺς ἕνδεκα ἐπὶ τὸν Θηραμένην ordered them [to go] against him, ordered them to seize him, X.HG2.3.54; κ. τινὰς ἐπὶ τὰ ὅπλα ib.20:—Pass., receive orders, Arist.Pol.1253b34.    4 c.acc. rei only, ὃ μὴ κελεύσαι Ζεύς (Herm. for -σει) A.Eu. 618; ὁ νόμος τὰ μὲν κελεύων τὰ δ' ἀπαγορεύων Arist.EN1129b24:— Pass., τὸ κελευόμενον commands, orders, Hdt.7.16, Antipho Soph. 61, X.Cyr.4.1.3: pl., Pl.R.340a.    5 c. dat. pers. folld. by inf., urge or order one to do, κηρύκεσσι . . κέλευσε κηρύσσειν . . Il.2.50, Od. 2.6, etc.; ἀλλήλοισι κέλευον ἅπτεσθαι νηῶν . . Il.2.151; ἑτάροισι . . ἐκέλευσα ἐμβαλέειν Od.9.488: in later Prose, D.S.19.17, Ceb.32.4 codd., Luc.DMort.1.1, Phalar.Ep.121.1, etc.    6 rarely c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, τί δ' ἐστὶν ὃ κελεύεις ἐμοί; Men.Pk.224, cf. Ael.NA 9.1.    7 c. dat. pers. only, ἵπποισι καὶ Αὐτομέδοντι κελεύσας Il. 16.684; cf.infr.111.    8 abs., freq. in Hom., ὡς σὺ κελεύεις Il.23.96, al.; λέξω, κελεύεις γάρ A.Ch.107; κελεύων, opp. αὐτοχειρίῃ, Democr.260; κελευούσης τῆς Πυθίης Hdt.6.36; κελεύοντος καὶ δεομένου Lys.5.1.    9 c. inf. only, σιγᾶν κελεύω I order silence, S.Ph. 865; οὐκ ἂν κελεύσαιμ' εὐσεβεῖν Id.Ant.731; recommend, propose, Lys. 12.25, D.4.21, etc.; opp. οὐκ ἐάω, Hdt.6.109, X.Ath.2.18.    II of inferiors, urge, entreat, Il.24.599, Od.10.17, Hdt.1.116.    III of the boatswain, give time to rowers, c.dat., Pl.R.396b: abs., Ath.12.535d.    2 sing a chanty, S.E.M.6.24.