Ἐπιβοῶμαι σε
I call on you
Translated by David Whitehead5 Nov 2003Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
"[He/she] called on Christ".
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐπιβοῶμαι σε. τὸν Χριστὸν ἐπεβοᾶτο.
Betacode
*)epibow=mai se. to\n *xristo\n e)peboa=to.
Notes
- The quotation has already appeared as epsilon 2022; it illustrates what is implicit in the headword, i.e. that this verb takes the accusative. (The same point is made at epsilon 2245.)
Linked from6 entries
- ε2022Ἐπεβοᾶτοcalled on"[He/she called on] Christ."
- ε2237Ἐπιβόημαcall, cry, shoutThucydides [writes]: "but he, whether [because of] the cry or whether something else had suddenly occurred to him, led the army back." That is, an exclamation. Also [sc. attested is the related participle] e)pibow/menos…
- ε2245ἘπιβοῶμαιI call on, I invoke[Used] with an accusative. "I invoke experience as witness and standard for my words."
- ε2246Ἐπιβοώμενοιinvoking[Meaning they] calling as witnesses. "[...] striking their own heads and stretching out their hands and invoking the gods."
- ε2248Ἐπιβωσάμενοςhaving invoked[e)pibwsa/menos is the same as] e)pibohsa/menos, [meaning] having called upon.
- ε2249Ἐπιβωσόμεθαwe will invoke (?)[no gloss]
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- added cross-reference and keyword — Catharine Roth
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- Translated — David Whitehead