παρακᾰλέω (parakaleo)

Where it lives

Philemon 2 · 60.98/10k
1 Thessalonians 7 · 48.14/10k
Titus 3 · 46.3/10k
2 Corinthians 18 · 40.13/10k
Lamentationes 6 · 25.76/10k
1 Timothy 4 · 25.25/10k
2 Thessalonians 2 · 24.78/10k
Letter 3 1 · 23.81/10k
Jude 1 · 22.47/10k
Machabaeorum II 21 · 18.17/10k
Letter 9 2 · 17.51/10k
1 Peter 3 · 17.4/10k

Densest 12 of 134 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παρακᾰλέω · parakaleō — LSJ

call to

call to one, X. An. 3.1.32.

II call in, send for, summon, invoke, being called upon

call in, send for, summon, Hdt. 1.77, Ar. V. 215, etc.; σύμμαχον π. τινά Hdt. 7.158, cf. Th. 1.119, Pl. Phd. 89c, etc.; π. ἑταίρους And. 4.14; π. τινὰ ἐς τὸν πόλεμον Hdt. 7.205, cf. D. 18.24; π. τινὰ σύμβουλον X. An. 1.6.5; τινὰς εἰς συμβουλήν Pl. La. 186a; συνήγορον Aeschin. 2.184; invoke the gods, τοὺς θεούς D. 18.8; περὶ τούτου τὸν θεόν (as medical adviser) IG 42(1).126.31 (Epid., ii A. D.); τὸν Ἐνυάλιον X. HG 2.4.17; Διόνυσον εἰς τὴν τελετήν Pl. Lg. 666b; [τοὺς θεοὺς] π. βοηθούς Arr. Epict.

2 summon, to attend one, call, as witnesses, summoned

summon oneʼs friends to attend one in a trial, π. τοὺς φίλους Is. 1.7, etc.; π. τινάς call them as witnesses, Lys. 14.28; π. πάντας ἀνθρώπους D. 34.29:—Med., dub. in Lycurg. 28:—Pass., παρακεκλημένοι summoned to attend at a trial, Aeschin. 1.173.

b summon

summon a defendant into court, in Pass., PTeb. 297.5 (ii A. D.), Mitteis Chr. 71.5 (v A. D.).

3 invite, invite

invite, ἐπὶ δαῖτα E. Ba. 1247; εἰς (v.l. ἐπὶ) θήραν X. Cyr. 4.6.3; ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα π. invite him to mount the tribune, Aeschin. 3.72.

4 appeal to

appeal to, τινὰ περὶ γῆς App. Pun. 136.

III exhort, encourage

exhort, encourage, τάξις τάξιν παρεκάλει A. Pers. 380, cf. Plb. 1.60.5; π. τινὰ εἰς μάχην E. Ph. 1254; τινὰ ἐπὶ τὰ κάλλιστα ἔργα X. An. 3.1.24; π. τὴν νόησιν εἰς ἐπίσκεψιν Pl. R. 523b; πρὸς τὸ μνημονεύειν Isoc. 3.12: c. inf., E. Cyc. 156, X. An. 5.6.19, Decr. ap. D. 18.185:—Pass., Isoc. 2.14; παρακέκληται ἡ διάνοια Arist. EN 1175a7.

2 comfort, console

comfort, console, τοὺς πενθοῦντας LXX Si. 48.24:—Pass., Ev.Matt. 2.18, 5.4.

3 excite, incite, foment

excite, τινὰ ἐς φόβον E. Or. 1583; ἐς δάκρυα Id. IA 497; incite, π. καὶ παροξύνειν ἐπί . . Epicur. Nat. 54 G.; of things, foment, φλόγα X. Cyr. 7.5.23.

IV demand, require, proposals, demands

demand, require, ὁ θάλαμος σκεύη π. Id. Oec. 9.3:—Pass., τὰ παρακαλούμενα proposals, demands, Philipp. ap. D. 18.166 sq., Plb. 4.29.3.

V beseech, entreat

beseech, entreat, Id. 4.82.8, PTeb. 24.46 (ii B. C.), etc.; π. τινὰ ἵνα . . Aristeas 318, Ev.Marc. 8.22, Arr. Epict. 2.7.11, etc.; ὅπως . . Ev.Matt. 8.34: but ἐρωτῶ καὶ π. for δέομαι is condemned by Hermog. Meth. 3.

VI relent, towards

Pass., relent, πρός, ἐπί τινι, towards a person, LXX Jd. 21.6, 15, cf. 2 Ki. 24.16.

2 repent, regret

repent, regret, παρακέκλημαι ὅτι . . ib. 1 Ki. 15.11.

In the wild

παρεκάλει · parekalei Aeschylus, Persians 380
παρακαλούμενος · parakaloumenos Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 153)
παρακαλεῖτε · parakaleite Aristophanes, Frogs 396–398
παρακαλοῦντες · parakalountes Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 175)
παρακαλοῦςʼ · parakalousʼ Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 179)
παρακαλῶν · parakalōn Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..14 (DIORISIS sentence 179)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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