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κατακᾰλέω

katakaleo

call down, summon, call upon

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κατακᾰλέω · katakaleō — LSJ

call down, summon, call upon

call down, Plu. Oth. 18; but usu. summon, ἐκ τῆς μητροπόλεως κατακληθείς Th. 1.24; δοῦλοι -κεκλημένοι ἐπʼ ἐλευθερίᾳ Str. 14.1.38:—Med., κ. Ἀθήναζε Plu. Sol. 24; call upon for performance, BGU 1185.25 (i B.C.).

II call upon, invoke

call upon, invoke, τοὺς θεούς App. Pun. 81; κατακαλέσασθαι v.l. Isoc. 10.61, cf. Plu. Them. 13.

2 appeal to

appeal to, τοὺς ἐπιδώσοντας SIG 591.3 (Lampsacus, ii B.C.).

III call back, recall

call back, recall, εἰς τὴν Μακεδονίαν Plb. 25.3.1, cf. Oenom. ap. Eus. PE 5.34.

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