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ἐπικαλέω

Ancient Greek

(4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /epikaléo/

(10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /epikaléo/

(15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /epikaléo/

Verb

ἐπικαλέω • ‎(epikaléō)

to call upon a god, invoke
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.39
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.8
- 425 BCE, Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1280
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 7.59
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.199
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 3.65
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.87
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.55
1. to invite
  - 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 7.187
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.187
2. (middle voice) to call in as a helper or ally
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.64
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.101
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.87
  - 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.59
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.63
3. to call in as witness
  - 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Against the Stepmother for Poisoning 30
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 664.C
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.55
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.62
4. (middle voice) to call before one, summon
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.39
5. (middle voice) to challenge
  - 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.1
(passive) to be called by a surname
- 300 CE – 400 CE, Eunapius, Lives of the Sophists 454.B
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 8.44
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.4.2
- 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 2.3.31
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Deuteronomy 28.10
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 48.!6
to bring as an accusation against
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 1.139
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.133
- 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, Panathenaicus 9
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.27
- 480 BCE – 411 BCE, Antiphon of Rhamnus, Second Tetralogy 1.1
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.36
- 155 CE – 235 CE, Cassius Dio, Collected Works 37.6
- 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 663
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 657.B
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.118
1. (with dative of person) to quarrel, dispute with
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 766.E

Inflection

Present: ἐπικαλῶ, ἐπικαλοῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
present		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπικαλῶ	ἐπικαλεῖς	ἐπικαλεῖ	ἐπικαλεῖτον	ἐπικαλεῖτον	ἐπικαλοῦμεν	ἐπικαλεῖτε	ἐπικαλοῦσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐπικαλῶ	ἐπικαλῇς	ἐπικαλῇ	ἐπικαλῆτον	ἐπικαλῆτον	ἐπικαλῶμεν	ἐπικαλῆτε	ἐπικαλῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπικαλοίην/ ἐπικαλοῖμῐ	ἐπικαλοίης/ ἐπικαλοῖς	ἐπικαλοίη/ ἐπικαλοῖ	ἐπικαλοίητον/ ἐπικαλοῖτον	ἐπικαλοιήτην/ ἐπικαλοίτην	ἐπικαλοίημεν/ ἐπικαλοῖμεν	ἐπικαλοίητε/ ἐπικαλοῖτε	ἐπικαλοίησᾰν/ ἐπικαλοῖεν
	imperative		ἐπικάλει	ἐπικαλείτω	ἐπικαλεῖτον	ἐπικαλείτων		ἐπικαλεῖτε	ἐπικαλούντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐπικαλοῦμαι	ἐπικαλῇ/ ἐπικαλεῖ	ἐπικαλεῖται	ἐπικαλεῖσθον	ἐπικαλεῖσθον	ἐπικαλούμεθᾰ	ἐπικαλεῖσθε	ἐπικαλοῦνται
	subjunctive	ἐπικαλῶμαι	ἐπικαλῇ	ἐπικαλῆται	ἐπικαλῆσθον	ἐπικαλῆσθον	ἐπικαλώμεθᾰ	ἐπικαλῆσθε	ἐπικαλῶνται
	optative	ἐπικαλοίμην	ἐπικαλοῖο	ἐπικαλοῖτο	ἐπικαλοῖσθον	ἐπικαλοίσθην	ἐπικαλοίμεθᾰ	ἐπικαλοῖσθε	ἐπικαλοῖντο
	imperative		ἐπικαλοῦ	ἐπικαλείσθω	ἐπικαλεῖσθον	ἐπικαλείσθων		ἐπικαλεῖσθε	ἐπικαλείσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐπικαλεῖν				ἐπικαλεῖσθαι
participle		ἐπικαλῶν , ἐπικαλοῦσᾰ , ἐπικαλοῦν				ἐπικαλούμενος , ἐπικαλουμένη , ἐπικαλούμενον

Present: ἐπικαλέω, ἐπικαλέομαι (Uncontracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
present		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπικαλέω	ἐπικαλέεις	ἐπικαλέει	ἐπικαλέετον	ἐπικαλέετον	ἐπικαλέομεν	ἐπικαλέετε	ἐπικαλέουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐπικαλέω	ἐπικαλέῃς	ἐπικαλέῃ	ἐπικαλέητον	ἐπικαλέητον	ἐπικαλέωμεν	ἐπικαλέητε	ἐπικαλέωσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐπικαλέοιμῐ	ἐπικαλέοις	ἐπικαλέοι	ἐπικαλέοιτον	ἐπικαλεοίτην	ἐπικαλέοιμεν	ἐπικαλέοιτε	ἐπικαλέοιεν
	imperative		ἐπικάλεε	ἐπικαλεέτω	ἐπικαλεετον	ἐπικαλεέτων		ἐπικαλεετε	ἐπικαλεόντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐπικαλέομαι	ἐπικαλέει/ ἐπικαλέῃ	ἐπικαλέεται	ἐπικαλέεσθον	ἐπικαλέεσθον	ἐπικαλεόμεθᾰ	ἐπικαλέεσθε	ἐπικαλέονται
	subjunctive	ἐπικαλέωμαι	ἐπικαλέῃ	ἐπικαλέηται	ἐπικαλέησθον	ἐπικαλέησθον	ἐπικαλεώμεθᾰ	ἐπικαλέησθε	ἐπικαλέωνται
	optative	ἐπικαλεοίμην	ἐπικαλέοιο	ἐπικαλέοιτο	ἐπικαλέοισθον	ἐπικαλεοίσθην	ἐπικαλεοίμεθᾰ	ἐπικαλέοισθε	ἐπικαλέοιντο
	imperative		ἐπικαλέου	ἐπικαλεέσθω	ἐπικαλέεσθον	ἐπικαλεέσθων		ἐπικαλέεσθε	ἐπικαλεέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐπικαλέειν				ἐπικαλέεσθαι
participle		ἐπικαλέων , ἐπικαλέουσᾰ , ἐπικάλεον				ἐπικαλεόμενος , ἐπικαλεομένη , ἐπικαλεόμενον

Future: ἐπικαλέσω, ἐπικαλέσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
future		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐπικαλέσω	ἐπικαλέσεις	ἐπικαλέσει	ἐπικαλέσετον	ἐπικαλέσετον	ἐπικαλέσομεν	ἐπικαλέσετε	ἐπικαλέσουσῐ(ν)
active	optative	ἐπικαλέσοιμῐ	ἐπικαλέσοις	ἐπικαλέσοι	ἐπικαλέσοιτον	ἐπικαλεσοίτην	ἐπικαλέσοιμεν	ἐπικαλέσοιτε	ἐπικαλέσοιεν
middle	indicative	ἐπικαλέσομαι	ἐπικαλέσει/ ἐπικαλέσῃ	ἐπικαλέσεται	ἐπικαλέσεσθον	ἐπικαλέσεσθον	ἐπικαλεσόμεθᾰ	ἐπικαλέσεσθε	ἐπικαλέσονται
middle	optative	ἐπικαλεσοίμην	ἐπικαλέσοιο	ἐπικαλέσοιτο	ἐπικαλέσοισθον	ἐπικαλεσοίσθην	ἐπικαλεσοίμεθᾰ	ἐπικαλέσοισθε	ἐπικαλέσοιντο
		active				middle
infinitive		ἐπικαλέσειν				ἐπικαλέσεσθαι
participle		ἐπικαλέσων , ἐπικαλέσουσᾰ , ἐπικάλεσον				ἐπικαλεσόμενος , ἐπικαλεσομένη , ἐπικαλεσόμενον

References

ἐπικαλέω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἐπικαλέω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
«ἐπικαλέω» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“G1941”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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ἐπικαλέω

ἐπικαλέω

Ancient Greek

Verb

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