A.call upon or to, cry out to, “ἐ. τινὶ ὅτι . . ” Th.5.65; ἐ. τινί, c. inf., call on one to do . . , Id.4.28, 7.70: c.acc., invoke, “θεόν” AP9.334 (Pers.): abs., of hounds, give tongue, X.Cyn.6.19; cry out, Arr.Epict.4.1.14; of calling upon the dead at funerals, BMus.Inscr.791, al. (Cnidus).
2.. utter or sing aloud over, “τινί τι, μέλος χέρνιβι ἐπιβοᾶν” Ar.Av.898; shriek out besides, “στέρν᾽ ἄρασσε κἀπιβόα τὸ Μύσιον” A.Pers.1054 codd. (lyr.); “ἔγχει, κἀπιβόα τρίτον παιῶνα” Pherecr.131.5.
3.. Med., cry out against, Luc.DMeretr.12.1:—Pass., τὰ ἴδια ἐπιβοώμενος cried out against in regard to private matters, Th.6.16.
4.. applaud, acclaim, Arr.Epict.3.23.10, M.Ant.10.34.
II.. Med., invoke, call upon, θεοὺς “ἐπιβώσομαι” Od.1.378; σὲ γὰρ πρώτην . . ἐπιβωσόμεθ᾽ (v.l. for ἐπιδωσόμεθ᾽) Il.10.463; “τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα ἐπιβώσασθαι” Hdt.1.87; ἐπιβοᾶται “Θέμιν” E.Med.168 (lyr.); θεοὺς . . ἐπιβοώμενοι, πατέρων τάφους ἐ., Th. 3.59, 67; “ὅρκους καὶ πίστεις” D.H.11.49; call to aid, τὴν ἄλλην στρατιὴν “ἐπεβώσαντο” Hdt.9.23, cf. 5.1: c.inf., ἐ. [τινὰ] μὴ ἀπολέσαι τὴν “πατρίδα” Th.8.92.
2.. c.acc. rei, call out, Id.7.69.
