A.summon a god to a sacrifice or as witness to an oath, etc., invoke, “θεόν” Hdt.2.39, 3.8, al.; “ἐπὶ δὲ κάλεσον Ἄρτεμιν” Ar.Lys. 1280, cf. Act.Ap.7.59, etc.; ἐ. θεόν τινι invoke a god over one, to be gracious to him, Hdt.1.199; or, watch over his good faith, Id.3.65:— Med.,Id.1.87, al., X.HG2.3.55, al.; “ἐπικαλεσάμενος τὸν θεόν” OGI194.18 (Egypt, i B.C.).
II.. Med., call in as a helper or ally, “ἐπικαλεῖσθαί τινα σύμμαχον” Id.8.64, cf. Th.1.101: c.inf., Hdt. 1.87; “ἐ. τοὺς κεκμηκότας μὴ γενέσθαι” Th.3.59; “ἐ. ἐκ Θεσσαλίης ἐπικουρίην” Hdt.5.63.
2.. call in as witness, “μάρτυρας ἐ. τινάς” Antipho 1.30, cf. Pl.Lg.664c: c.inf., “ἐ. θεοὺς . . καθορᾶν τὰ γιγνόμενα” X.HG2.3.55: with neut. Adj., ταῦτα ἐ. Hdt.9.62.
b.. appeal to, σύνεσιν “καὶ παιδείαν” D.18.127 (hence, = Lat.appello, provoco, Plu.Marc.2; τὸν “δῆμον ἀπὸ τῶν δικαστῶν” Id.TG16; “Καίσαρα” Act.Ap.25.11).
3.. call before one, summon, of the Ephors, Hdt.5.39.
4.. challenge, ib.1.
III.. call by surname, “Δίων ὃν ἐπεκάλουν Χρυσόστομον” Eun. VSp.454 B.:—more freq. Pass., to be called by surname, ἐπεκλήθησαν “Κεκροπίδαι” Hdt.8.44; to be nicknamed, “Ἀριστόδημον τὸν μικρὸν ἐπικαλούμενον” X.Mem.1.4.2, cf. HG2.3.31; also “τὸ ὄνομα ἐπικέκληταί σοι” LXX De.28.10; ἐπικληθήσεται ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸ ὄνομάμου ib.Ge.48.16.
IV.. bring as an accusation against, “τινί τι” Th.1.139, 4.133, cf. Isoc.12.9; ἐ. τινί, c. inf., accuse one of doing, Th.2.27, cf. Antipho 3.1.1; ἐ. τὴν “ἀπόστασιν ὅτι . . ἐποιήσαντο” Th.3.36; “ἐ. τινὶ πάντα ὅσα ἠδίκητο” D.C. 37.6; ταῦτ᾽ ἐπικαλεῖς; is this your charge? Ar.Pax663; ἐ. ἀρχαιότητα objecting to its obsoleteness, Pl.Lg.657b: abs., ἐπικαλείτω let him bring his action, SIG45.17 (Halic., v B.C.); ὁ ἐπικαλῶν the plaintiff, PHal.1.216 (iii B.C.):—Pass., τὰ ἐπικαλεύμενα χρήματα the money imputed to him, i.e. which he was charged with having, Hdt.2.118 (but τὰ ἐπικαλούμενα the sums claimed, PPetr.2p.108 (iii B.C.), and so in Act. λείαν ἐ.ib.3p.185); “περὶ δανείου” PGrenf.2.31.15 (ii B.C.).
