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