I.to call forth: mostly in Mid., 3 sg. epic aor1 προκαλέσσατο, imperat. προκάλεσσαι: — to call out to fight, challenge, defy, Lat. provoco, Hom.; so, πρ. εἰς ἀγῶνα Xen.
2.to invite or summon beforehand, τινὰ ἐς λόγους Hdt., Thuc.; ἐς σπονδάς Thuc.; ἐπὶ ξυμμαχίαν id=Thuc.
3.c. acc. et inf. to invite one to do, id=Thuc., etc.
4.absol., αὐτῶν προκαλεσαμένων at or after their invitation, id=Thuc.
II.c. acc. rei, to offer or propose, δίκην id=Thuc.; τὰς σπονδάς Ar.; c. acc. pers. added, προκαλεῖσθαί τινα τὴν εἰρήνην to offer one peace, id=Ar.
2.as attic law-term, to make an offer or challenge to the opponent, such as to submit the case to arbitration, let slaves be put to the torture, Dem.; cf. πρόκλησις: — Pass., πρ. ἐς κρίσιν περί τινος Thuc.
III.to call up or forth, εὐγένειαν Eur.
