παραγγ-έλλω (paraggello)

Where it lives

2 Thessalonians 4 · 49.57/10k
1 Timothy 5 · 31.57/10k
On the Murder of Eratosthenes 2 · 8.32/10k
1 Thessalonians 1 · 6.88/10k
Against Eratosthenes 3 · 6.2/10k
Anabasis 34 · 6.05/10k
Hellenica 37 · 5.63/10k
Acts 10 · 5.55/10k
Cyropaedia 43 · 5.45/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 3 · 5.21/10k
Apollodorus Against Polycles 2 · 4.37/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 2 · 4.11/10k

Densest 12 of 55 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παραγγ-έλλω · parang-ellō — LSJ

pass on, transmit

pass on or transmit a message, σέλας παραγγείλασα Μακίστου σκοπαῖς (nisi leg. παρηγγάρευσε) A. Ag. 289, cf. 294, 316; μνήμην παραγγέλλοντες ὧν ἐκύρσατε E. Supp. 1173.

II give orders, give the word of command, give orders, order, order, orders

give orders, give the word of command, esp. of a general, A. Pers. 469, Hdt. 7.147, etc.; π. τινὶ κτείνειν Id. 3.147, cf. X. An. 1.8.3, Pl. Phd. 116c, etc.: with dat. omitted, Hdt. 8.70, etc.; τισὶ ὅπως c. fut., Pl. R. 415b; π. ὅπως ἂν . . give orders to the end that . . , Id. Phd. 59e: c. acc. rei only, order, π. παρασκευὴν σίτου order corn to be supplied, Hdt. 3.25; σιτία Th. 7.43: c. acc. cogn., π. παράγγελμα Lys. 12.17, Hyp. Ath. 14; παραγγελίᾳ π. Act.Ap. 5.28:—Pass., τὰ παραγγελλόμενα order

2 recommend, exhort

recommend, exhort (not so strong as κελεύω), π. τινὶ πράσσειν τι S. Ph. 1178 (lyr.), etc.; τινί τι E. Heracl. 825; τινί τι περί τινος Th. 1.129.

3 summon

summon to appear, π. παραγίνεσθαι ἐπὶ τὸ κριτήριον Sammelb. 3925.3 (ii B. C.).

4 prescribe

of a physician, prescribe, τι Arist. Pr. 885b27.

5 the points we have enjoined

τὰ παρηγγελμένα the points we have enjoined, Id. Top. 153a5; τὰ ὑπὸ [λόγου] παραγγελθέντα [Id.] Rh. Al. 1420b26 [Anaxim. pr 9.1 Fuhrmann].

III encourage, cheer on, call

encourage, cheer on, c. acc., ἵππους Thgn. 998; π. εἰς ὅπλα call to arms, X. An. 1.5.13.

IV summon to oneʼs help, summon oneʼs partisans, form a cabal

summon to oneʼs help, esp. in politics, summon oneʼs partisans, form a cabal, D. 21.4 (v.l. περιήγγελκεν), cf. Prooem. 55, Lys. 1.41.

2 canvass for, to be candidate for

π. τὴν ἀρχήν canvass for office, D.H. 11.61, cf. Plu. Mar. 5, etc.: abs., π. εἰς ὑπατείαν to be candidate for . . , Id. Caes. 13, cf. Cat.Mi. 8; ἐς δημαρχίαν App. BC 1.21.

3 claim

ἐκ μειρακίων π. εἰς ἄνδρα claim oneʼs majority, Poll. 2.10.

In the wild

παραγγείλασα · parangeilasa Aeschylus, Agamemnon 284–289
παρήγγειλαν · parēngeilan Aeschylus, Agamemnon 294–295
παραγγείλαντος · parangeilantos Aeschylus, Agamemnon 315–316
παραγγείλας · parangeilas Aeschylus, Persians 468–469
παρήγγειλεν · parēngeilen Aristophanes, Plutus (DIORISIS sentence 539)
παραγγέλλομεν · parangellomen Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora APr.Β (DIORISIS sentence 1317)

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Where it came from

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