The corpus record

θεο-κλῠτέω

theokluteo

call on the gods

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Where it lives

Persians 1 · 1.96/10k

What it meant — LSJ

call on the gods, ask in prayer

call on the gods, A. Pers. 500, Plu. Sull. 29, Ael. Fr. 46, Porph. Abst. 2.26, D.C. 74.13: c. acc. pers., θ. Θέμιν E. Med. 208; Κυρῖνον Plu. Rom. 28; also, c. acc. rei, ask in prayer, Id. Arist. 18.

II to be inspired

Pass., to be inspired, Id. Gen.Socr. 2.592c:— so in Act., Hld. 3.17.

In the wild

θεοκλυτῶν · theoklytōn Aeschylus, Persians 500–501

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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