A.“ἐκήρυσσον” Il.2.444, Th. 1.27, -υττον And.1.112: fut. -ύξω Ar.Ec.684, Dor. “καρυξῶ” Id.Ach. 748: aor. “ἐκήρυξα” Hdt.1.194 (ἀπο-), etc., Aeol. part. “καρύξαισα” Pi.I.4 (3).25: pf. κεκήρυ_χα (ἐπι-) D.19.35:—Pass., fut. “κηρυχθήσομαι” X. Cyr.8.4.4, Aeschin.3.230, “κηρύξομαι” E.Ph.1631: aor. “ἐκηρύχθην” S. OT737, etc.: pf. “κεκήρυγμαι” E.Fr.1, Th.4.38:—to be a herald, officiate as herald, “κηρύσσων γήρασκε” Il.17.325.
b. to be an auctioneer, D. 44.4.
2. make proclamation as a herald, λαὸν κηρύσσοντες ἀγειρόντων let them convene the people by voice of herald, Il.2.438, cf. 444, Od.2.8; “κήρυσσε, κῆρυξ” A.Eu.566, etc.: impers., ἐκήρυξε (sc. ὁ κῆρυξ) τοῖς Ἕλλησι συσκευάζεσθαι proclamation was made . . , X.An.3.4.36; “κηρυξάτω” Id.Cyr.4.5.42.
II. c. acc. pers., summon by herald, “κ. ἀγορήνδε . . Ἀχαιούς” Il.2.51, Od.2.7; “πόλεμόνδε” Il.2.443; κ. τινά summon one to a place, Ar.Ach.748:—Pass., τίς ἐκηρύχθη πρώτην φυλακήν; who was summoned to the first watch? E.Rh.538 (anap.).
2. proclaim as conqueror, Plu.2.185a; “Φαβωρῖνον ἡ εὐγλωττία ἐν σοφισταῖς ἐκήρυττεν” Philostr.VS1.8.1:—Pass., “μήτε κηρυχθήσεσθαι μήτε ἆθλα λήψεσθαι” X.Cyr.8.4.4; “ὥστε τὴν πόλιν κηρυχθῆναι καὶ αὐτὸν στεφανωθῆναι” Lys.19.63; proclaim as a criminal, D.25.56, cf. S.El.606; “κηρύσσω τὸν Ἔρωτα” AP5.176 (Mel.):—Pass., of a country, to be proclaimed, extolled, “στεφάνοις ἀρετᾶς” E.Tr.223 (lyr.).
3. call upon, invoke, “θεούς” Id.Hec.146 (anap.); “κηρύξας δαίμονας κλύειν” A.Ch.124a:—Pass., to be called, τοῦ κεκήρυξαι πατρός; E.Fr.1; “κηρυσσομένοισι . . ἀπ᾽ ἐσθλῶν δωμάτων” Id.Andr.772 (lyr.).
III. c. acc. rei, proclaim, announce, “τινί τι” A.Ag.1349, Ch.4, 1026; “αὐδάν” E.Ion 911 (lyr.); “ἀγῶνας Ἀργείοισι” S.Aj.1240; proclaim or advertise for sale, etc., Hdt.6.121 (Pass.), Plu.2.207a, etc.; κ. ἀποικίαν proclaim a colony, i.e. invite people to join as colonists, Th.1.27; κ. ὃς βούλοιτο . . make proclamation for some one who would . . , Hdt.2.134:— Pass., of a crime, to be proclaimed, Antipho 2.3.2; “τὰ κεκηρυγμένα” Th.4.38.
2. declare, tell, τοῦτ᾽ ἐκηρύχθη πόλει this news was spread in . . , S.OTl.c.; “τοῦτο κ. πόθι παῖς ναίει” Id.Tr.97 (lyr.); “ὃ εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε, κηρύξατε ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων” Ev.Matt.10.27: abs., S.El. 1105.
3. proclaim, command publicly, “τινί τι” A.Th.1048, S.Ant. 32, 450, etc.; εὐφημίαν, σιγὴν κ., Id.Fr.893, E.Hec.530: c. dat. pers. et inf., “κ. αὐτοῖς ἐμβαλεῖν κώπαισι” Pi.P.4.200; “ἐκήρυξαν, εἰ βούλονται, τὰ ὅπλα παραδοῦναι” Th.4.37:—Pass., ᾔδησθα κηρυχθέντα μὴ πράσσειν τάδε; S.Ant.447.
4. of a cock, crow, AP5.2 (Antip. Thess.).
IV. preach, teach publicly, Ev.Matt.3.1, al.