διακηρυκεύεσθαι
From LSJ
ἐπέμψατε ἀγγέλους τοῖς ἀλλήλοις ὥστε ἔγνωτε τὸν κίνδυνον → you sent messengers to one another so that you knew the danger
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also: διακηρυκεύομαι) communicate with by herald, negotiate by heralds
Lexicon Thucydideum
per caduceatorem agere, to negotiate through a herald, 4.38.2.