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ἐπαγγ-ελία , ,
A.command, summons, Plb.9.38.2.
b. announcement, notice, IG22.1235.7 (iii B.C.); “τοῦ ἀγῶνοςSIG561.9 (Chalcis), prob. in LXX 1 Ma.10.15; v.l. in 1 Ep.Jo.1.5.
2. as law-term, . (sc. δοκιμασίας) summons to attend a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων (v. “ἐπαγγέλλω3), “. τινὶ ἐπαγγέλλεινAeschin.1.64, cf. 81; “πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας ἔσθ᾽ ἡμῖν .D.22.29: generally, notification, summons, Sammelb. 4434 (ii A.D.).
3. offer, promise, profession, undertaking, D.21.14; “τὰς ὑπερβολὰς τῶν .Arist.EN1164a29, cf. Phld.Herc.1251.20; “ἐπαγγελίας ποιεῖσθαί τινιPlb.1.72.6; ἐν ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ καταλιπών having left it as a promise, Id.18.28.1; τὴν . ἐπὶ τέλος ἀγαγεῖν ibid., cf. SIG577.11 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.); ὤμων ἐπαγγελίᾳ the promise of his shoulders, Philostr.Im.1.4; ἐξ ., = ἐπαγγειλάμενος, BCH11.12 (Lagina); “. ποιησάμενος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίωνMichel473.10 (Mylasa); “ἐβεβαίωσεν τὴν .Inscr.Prien.123.9, cf. GDI3624a34 (Cos).
4. indication,τοῦ ἐσομένουA.D.Synt.205.13.
5. pl., canvassing, = Lat. ambitus, prob. f.l. for παρ-, Plu.2.276d.
6. = ἐπάγγελμα 2, subject of a treatise, Gal.Libr.Propr.Prooem.
7. the curative property claimed for prescriptions or drugs, ταῖς τῶν φαρμάκων . their advertised properties, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.10.5.1, cf. Gal.13.504,al.; . ἐπιτηδεύματος public exercise of a profession, Men.Prot.p.1D.
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    • Aeschines, Against Timarchus, 64
    • Demosthenes, Against Midias, 14
    • Demosthenes, Against Androtion, 29
    • New Testament, 1 John, 1.5
    • New Testament, 1 John, 3
    • Polybius, Histories, 18.28.1
    • Polybius, Histories, 1.72.6
    • Polybius, Histories, 9.38.2
    • Old Testament, 1 Maccabees, 10.15
    • Philostratus the Lemnian (Philostratus Major), Imagines, 1.4
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