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ἐγκα^λέω ,
A.call in a debt, Isoc.17.44, X.An.7.7.33, D.31.6, 36.14: generally, demand as one's due, “ἀργύριονLys.3.26.
II. bring a charge or accusation against a person:—Constr.: c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, charge something against one, “φόνους . τινίS.El.778, cf. Pl.Ap.26c, etc.; “. ἔγκλημά τινιHyp.Lyc.18, cf. Eux.24; χόλον κατ᾽ αὐτῶν . S. Ph.328: folld. by a relat. clause, . τινὶ ὅτι . . X.An.7.5.7: c. inf., “ἐστὶν ἐνεκάλει τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις παραβαίνειν τὰς σπονδάςTh.4.123: c. part., “. αὐτοῖς ἀμελοῦσινPl.Prt.346a: freq. c. dat. pers. only, accuse, Antipho 4.2.2, etc.; “. περί τινωνInscr.Prien.28.8 (ii B. C.); ἐπὶ τοῖς διῳκημένοις ib.37.128 (ii B. C.): c. acc. rei only, bring as a charge, “εἴ τι ἄλλο ἐνεκάλουνTh.5.46, cf. 6.53; τὸ νεῖκος ἐγκαλεῖν throw the blame of quarrel on another, S.OT702: abs., “οἱ ἐγκαλέσαντεςArist. Rh.Al. 1437a17: rarely c. gen.rei, “τῆς βραδύτητος αὐτοῖς ἐνεκάλειPlu. Arist. 10:—Pass., ἐγκαλεῖται τῇ τύχῃ a charge is brought against . . , Arist. EN1120b17; “ἐνίων ἐγκληθέντων ἐπὶ τῷ βίῳPhld. Piet. p.93 G.; τὰ ἐγκεκλημένα charges, OGI90.14 (ii B. C.): also with person. constr., “ἐγκαλεῖσθαι ὑπέρ τινοςD.H.7.46; “τινόςD.C.58.4:—Locr. part. ἐγκαλείμενος may be either Med. or Pass., IG9(1).334.41.
3. object, c. acc. et inf., Phld. Sign.29.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (24):
    • Antiphon, Third Tetralogy, 2.2
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 1455
    • Demosthenes, Against Onetor, 6
    • Demosthenes, Against Phormio, 1
    • Demosthenes, For Phormio, 14
    • Demosthenes, Against Boeotus 2, 19
    • Hyperides, Against Athenogenes, 24
    • Isocrates, Trapeziticus, 44
    • Isocrates, Panegyricus, 40
    • Lysias, Against Simon, 26
    • Plato, Apology, 26c
    • Plato, Protagoras, 346a
    • Sophocles, Electra, 778
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 702
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 328
    • Strabo, Geography, 14.1.44
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.123
    • Thucydides, Histories, 5.46
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.53
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 7.5.7
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 7.7.33
    • Plutarch, Aristeides, 10
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 7.46
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 58.4
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