The corpus record

ἐγκελ-εύω

egkeleuo

urge on, cheer on

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Where it lives

On Hunting 5 · 5.49/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k

What it meant

ἐγκελ-εύω · enkel-euō — LSJ

urge on, cheer on, sound

urge on, cheer on, A. Pr. 72; ἐ. κυσί X. Cyn. 9.7:— Med., D.H. 3.20, etc.; τὸ πολεμικὸν ἐγκελεύεσθαι sound a charge, Plu. Arist. 21, cf. Pomp. 70.

2 command, enjoin

in Med. also, command, Arist. Fr. 11; τοῖς στραταγοῖς IPE 12.79.23 (Olbia), cf. Asp. in EN 135.13: c. acc., enjoin, Ti.Locr. 104a.

In the wild

ἐγκέλευʼ · enkeleuʼ Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 72
ἐγκελεύειν · enkeleuein Xenophon, On Hunting 10.8 (DIORISIS sentence 446)
ἐγκελεύειν · enkeleuein Xenophon, On Hunting 6.20 (DIORISIS sentence 280)
ἐγκελεύοντα · enkeleuonta Xenophon, On Hunting 6.21 (DIORISIS sentence 284)
ἐγκελεύοντα · enkeleuonta Xenophon, On Hunting 6.25 (DIORISIS sentence 292)
ἐγκελεύειν · enkeleuein Xenophon, On Hunting 9.7 (DIORISIS sentence 376)

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Where it came from

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