A.“-ηγγέλθην” IG12.188.25, -ηγγέλην ib.12.76.19:—tell, proclaim, announce, Od.4.775, Ar.Lys.1049 (lyr.); “τινὶ ὡς . .” Hdt.3.36; “τῷ δήμῳ ὑπέρ τινος ὅτι . .” Inscr.Prien.5.17 (iv B. C.); esp. proclaim by authority, notify publicly, ἐ. [τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν] Th.5.49; “ἐ. πόλεμον” Pl.Lg.702d:— Pass., to be proclaimed, IGIl.cc., etc.; “μὴ ἐπηγγέλαι πω τὰς σπονδάς” Th.5.49, cf. 8.10; βουλῆς -θείσης a meeting having been summoned, D.C.56.29:—Med., cause proclamation to be made, Hdt.2.121.ζ́.
2. give orders, command, abs., Id.1.70: c.acc. et inf., give orders that . ., ἐπαγγείλας τοὺς Αακεδαιμονίους παρεῖναι ib.77, cf. Th.6.56: c. dat. et inf., order one to do, D.42.7, etc.: c. acc. rei, στρατιὰν ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους ἐ. send them orders to furnish their contingents, Th.7.17; “κατὰ πόλεις τεσσαράκοντα νεῶν πλῆθος ἐ.” Id.3.16: abs., βοηθεῖν . . καθ᾽ ὅ τι ἂν -ωσιν αἱ πόλεις Foed. ap. Th.5.47:—Med., “ἐπαγγέλλεσθαί τινι ἑτοιμάζειν στρατιήν” Hdt.7.1, cf. 4.200; “ἐ. τινί” E.HF1185 (lyr.); “ἐ. τισί ὅκως ἂν ἀπέλθοιεν” Hdt.5.98:—Pass., “τὸ ἐπαγγελλόμενον” Id.2.55.
3. as law-term, prop. δοκιμασίαν ἐ. denounce and summon to a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων one who, having incurred ἀτιμία, yet takes part in public affairs (v. “ἐπαγγελία” 2), “ἐπήγγειλα αὐτῷ τὴν δοκιμασίαν ταυτηνί” Aeschin.1.2, cf. ib.32; “πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας” D.22.23 (but ἐπηγγέλθη αὐτοῖς ὅτι ἐπεξίοιμι is f.l.for ἀπ-in Antipho 1.11).
4. promise, offer, “ξείνοις δεῖπνα” Pi.P.4.31; “θεοῖς εὐχάς” A.Ch.213:—more freq. in Med., promise unasked (opp. ὑπισχνέομαι) or offer of one's free will, “ἐ. τι ἐς τὴν δωρεὴν τοῖσι ἀδελφεοῖσι” Hdt.3.135; “ἐ. καταγωγὴν καὶ ξείνιά τινι” Id.6.35; “παίδων . . ἐ. γονάς” E.Med.721; ἁπηγγελλόμην what I was proposing, S.El.1018, cf. D.4.15; “ἐ. τάδε, ὡς . .” Hdt.6.9: c. inf., promise or offer, “ξυμπολεμεῖν” Th.6.88; διαθήκας ἀποφαίνειν （-φανεῖν Dobree) Is.1.15; “ἐ. τῇ βουλῇ μηνύσειν” And.1.15; “τισὶν τριήρεις ἔχων ἐκπλεύσεσθαι” Lys.28.4, cf. D.18.132, etc.; “τινὶ ὥστε βοηθεῖν” Th.8.86; ἐ. ὅ τι χρὴ δρᾶν offering (to do) what in justice he ought to do, Pl.Lg.915a.
5. Med., profess, make profession of, c. acc., “ἀρετήν” X.Mem.1.2.7; “θεοσέβειαν” 1 Ep.Ti.2.10; esp. of Sophists, as in Pl.Euthd.273e; “τί ἐστιν ὃ ἐ. τε καὶ διδάσκει” Id.Grg.447c; “τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ἐπάγγελμα ὃ ἐπαγγέλλομαι” Id.Prt.319a; “ἐπαγγελλόμενος πάντα . . οὐδὲν ἐπιτελεῖ” Arist.EN1164a5; [γνῶσιν] 1 Ep.Ti.6.21: c. inf., “ἐ. ἀποκρίνεσθαι ὅ τι ἄν τίς σε ἐρωτᾷ” Pl.Grg.447d; “ἐ. οἷός τε εἶναι ποιῆσαί τι” Id.La.186c, Thg.127e; “ταῦτα ἐπαγγέλλεται δεινὸς εἶναι” D.35.41; “οἱ σοφισταὶ ἐ. διδάσκειν τινά” Arist.EN1180b35; “παιδεύειν” D.35.41; and abs., profess an art, Pl.R.518b, Arist.SE172a32.
