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παρα-κελεύομαι

parakeleuomai

recommend, prescribe, give

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 46 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

παρα-κελεύομαι · para-keleuomai — LSJ

recommend, prescribe, give, advice

recommend an action to one, prescribe, σοὶ ἕτερα τοιαῦτα Hdt. 1.120, cf. Th. 7.63, Lys. 28.15, etc.; ταῦτα π. give this advice, Ar. V. 530, Pl. Ap. 31b; π. τινί c. inf., Id. Smp. 221a, al.; τοῖς συμμάχοις π. μὴ ἀθυμεῖν X. HG 1.1.24; π. ὅκως μὴ παρήσουσι . . Hdt. 8.15, cf. Pl. Mx. 248d; ὅτι . . X. HG 1.1.14; π. πρός τινας μὴ ὑπομένειν Aeschin. 2.1.

II exhort, encourage, having delivered, address, encourage one another by shouting

exhort, encourage, τινι Isoc. 9.79, Pl. Phd. 60e, etc.; ὁ Νικίας τοιαῦτα παρακελευσάμενος having delivered this address, Th. 6.69: abs., encourage one another by shouting, Hdt. 9.102; ἀλλήλοις π. X. An. 4.2.11; ἐν ἑαυτοῖς π. ὡς . . Th. 4.25.

III orders had been given

Act., Hp. Decent. 16, Plb. 7.16.2, 16.20.8:—Pass., παρακεκέλευστο orders had been given, Hdt. 8.93; τὰ παρακελευόμενα ὑφʼ ἡμῶν Pl. Ep. 333a; χαίρειν παρεκελεύοντο Philostr. VA 5.27.

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