παρακαλέω
Infl. attic fut. -καλῶ
Infl. later -καλέσω
I. "to call to" one, Xen.
II. "to call to aid, call in, send for" Lat. arcessere, Hdt., Ar., etc.; π. τινα σύμβουλον Xen.:— "to call on, invoke" the Gods, id=Xen., etc.:—Pass., παρακαλούμενος καὶ ἄκλητος, ""vocatus atque non vocatus, "" Thuc.
2. "to summon" one's friends "to attend one" in a trial (cf. παράκλησις 1. 1):—Pass., παρακεκλημένοι "summoned" to attend at a trial, Aeschin.
3. "to invite", ἐπὶ δαῖτα Eur.; ἐπὶ θήραν Xen.; π. τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα "to invite" him to mount the tribune, Aeschin.
III. "to call to, exhort, cheer, encourage", τινά Aesch., Xen.
2. "to comfort, console": in Pass., NTest.
3. "to excite", τινὰ ἐς φόβον, ἐς δάκρυα Eur.: —of things, "to foment", φλόγα Xen.
4. π. τινά, c. inf., "to exhort" one to do, Eur., Xen.
IV. "to demand, require", ὁ θάλαμος σκεύη π. Xen.