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κελεύω , Ep. impf.
A.κέλευονIl.23.767: fut. κελεύσ-σω , Ep. inf. -“σέμεναιOd. 4.274: aor. ἐκέλευσα, Ep. κέλ- Il.20.4: pf. “κεκέλευκαLys.1.34, Luc. Demon.44:—Med., aor. “ἐκελευσάμηνHp.Nat.Puer.13: more freq. in compds. δια-, ἐπι-, παρα-κελεύομαι (q.v.):—Pass., fut. -ευσθήσομαι D.C.68.9: aor. “ἐκελεύσθηνHdt.7.9.ά, S.OC738, Th.7.70: pf. “κεκέλευσμαιX.Cyr.8.3.14, Luc.Sacr.11: plpf. “ἐκεκέλευστοD.C.78.4 (ἐκελεύθην v.l. in Hdt.7.9.ά, and “κεκέλευμαιIG22.1121.13 (iv A.D.), v.l. in App.BC5.141 are later forms). (A lengthd. form of κέλομαι, q.v.):—prop. urge, drive on, [“ἵππους] γέρων ἐφέπων μάστιγι κέλευε . . κατὰ ἄστυIl.24.326: hence, exhort, bid,
5. c. dat. pers. folld. by inf., urge or order one to do, κηρύκεσσι . . κέλευσε κηρύσσειν . . Il.2.50, Od. 2.6, etc.; ἀλλήλοισι κέλευον ἅπτεσθαι νηῶν . . Il.2.151; “ἑτάροισι . . ἐκέλευσα ἐμβαλέεινOd.9.488: in later Prose, D.S.19.17, Ceb.32.4 codd., Luc.DMort.1.1, Phalar.Ep.121.1, etc.
6. rarely c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, τί δ᾽ ἐστὶν κελεύεις ἐμοί; Men.Pk.224, cf. Ael.NA 9.1.
II. of inferiors, urge, entreat, Il.24.599, Od.10.17, Hdt.1.116.
III. of the boatswain, give time to rowers, c.dat., Pl.R.396b: abs., Ath.12.535d.
2. sing a chanty, S.E.M.6.24.
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