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ἐγκᾰλέω

egkaleo

call in, demand, invoke

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Where it lives

  • Enchiridion 5 · 10.08/10k
  • Fragments 2 · 5.02/10k
  • Discourses 35 · 4.72/10k
  • Acts 6 · 3.33/10k
  • Crito 1 · 2.4/10k
  • Eudemian Ethics 6 · 2.3/10k
  • Apology 2 · 2.29/10k
  • Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
  • Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
  • Romans 1 · 1.43/10k
  • Nicomachean Ethics 8 · 1.42/10k
  • Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k

Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

call in, demand

call in a debt, Isoc. 17.44, X. An. 7.7.33, D. 31.6, 36.14: generally, demand as oneʼs due, ἀργύριον Lys. 3.26.

2 invoke

invoke, τὴν τῶν θεῶν ἰατρείαν Str. 14.1.44.

II bring a charge, accusation against, charge, against, accuse, bring as a charge, throw the blame, a charge is brought against, charges

bring a charge or accusation against a person:—Constr.: c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, charge something against one, φόνους ἐ. τινί S. El. 778, cf. Pl. Ap. 26c, etc.; ἐ. ἔγκλημά τινι Hyp. Lyc. 18, cf. Eux. 24; χόλον κατʼ αὐτῶν ἐ. S. Ph. 328: folld. by a relat. clause, ἐ. τινὶ ὅτι . . X. An. 7.5.7: c. inf., ἐστὶν ἃ ἐνεκάλει τοῖς Ἀθηναίοις παραβαίνειν τὰς σπονδάς Th. 4.123: c. part., ἐ. αὐτοῖς ἀμελοῦσιν Pl. Prt. 346a: freq. c. dat. pers. only, accuse, Antipho 4.2.2, etc.; ἐ. περί τινων Inscr.Prien. 28

2 prosecute, take proceedings against

as law-term, prosecute, take proceedings against, οὔτʼ ἐγκαλοῦντες οὔτʼ ἐγκαλούμενοι D. 34.1; ἐ. δίκην τινί Id. 40.19; ἐ. τινὶ περί τινος Isoc. 4.40: abs., Ar. Av. 1455.

3 object

object, c. acc. et inf., Phld. Sign. 29.

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