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παρακαλέω 1 2

I.to call to one, Xen.
II.to call to aid, call in, send for Lat. arcessere, Hdt., Ar., etc.; π. τινα σύμβουλον Xen.:— to call on, invoke the Gods, id=Xen., etc.:—Pass., παρακαλούμενος καὶ ἄκλητος, "vocatus atque non vocatus, " Thuc.
2.to summon one's friends to attend one in a trial (cf. παράκλησις 1. 1):—Pass., παρακεκλημένοι summoned to attend at a trial, Aeschin.
3.to invite, ἐπὶ δαῖτα Eur.; ἐπὶ θήραν Xen.; π. τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα to invite him to mount the tribune, Aeschin.
III.to call to, exhort, cheer, encourage, τινά Aesch., Xen.
2.to comfort, console: in Pass., NTest.
3.to excite, τινὰ ἐς φόβον, ἐς δάκρυα Eur.: —of things, to foment, φλόγα Xen.
4.π. τινά, c. inf., to exhort one to do, Eur., Xen.
IV.to demand, require, ὁ θάλαμος σκεύη π. Xen.

1 attic fut. -καλῶ

2 later -καλέσω

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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