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ἐπικηρ-υ_κεύομαι , Med. (Act. only AB141,153),
A.send a message by a herald, “πρός τινα” Hdt.9.87: “πρός τινα ὥστε . . ” Th.7.49; ὥς τινα ib.48; περί or ὑπέρ τινος, D.S.14.75, Paus.4.8.13; τινὶ εἰ . . send a message proposing to ask whether . . , Hdt.1.60; ἐ. ταῦτα δι᾽ ἀγγέλων ib.69:—perh. Pass. in Th.8.44 ἐπικηρυκευομένων messages being sent.
2.. send ambassadors to treat for peace, make proposals for a treaty of peace, τινί to one, Ar. Th.336, Th.4.27; “ταῦτά τινι” Hdt.4.80,6.97; “ταῦτ᾽ ἐπικηρυκεύομαι” Ar.Th.1163.
3.. of private affairs, negotiate, τινί with one, D.32.24.
II.. abs., go as a herald or ambassador, “παρά τινος” Plb.21.16.1.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 1163
    • Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, 336
    • Demosthenes, Against Zenothemis, 24
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 14.75
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.60
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.80
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.97
    • Herodotus, Histories, 9.87
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 4.8.13
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.27
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.49
    • Thucydides, Histories, 8.44
    • Polybius, Histories, 21.16.1
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