ἐπικαλεῖν
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also ἐπικαλέω): invoke, call in as witness, call on
Lexicon Thucydideum
accusare, crimini dare, to accuse, charge with a crime, 1.139.2, 2.27.1, 3.36.2, 4.23.1, 4.133.1, 5.56.2, 5.59.5, 5.83.4,
MED. vocare ad se (auxilii causa), to summon (for help), 1.33.2. 1.101.1, 1.102.1, 1.102.2. 3.65.2. 4.60.2, [vulgo commonly τοῖς μὴ ἐπικαλουμένοις] 4.61.7. 4.80.1. 5.33.1. 5.54.4. 5.109.1. 6.6.2. 6.18.2, 6.78.4. 8.60.2, 8.80.2. 8.91.2. 8.99.1.
invocare, to call upon, 3.59.2, 4.48.1, 4.97.4,
vocare ante se, to summon before oneself, 3.52.4.
