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Ἐκκαλέσασθαι · to win over (ε 343) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε343

ε339from afar
ε340I am faint-hearted, I lose heart
ε341fishes out
ε342they gathered cornstalks, they gleaned
ε343to win over
ε344calls out, provokes
ε345Hekale, Hecale
ε346they began to cry out
ε347Hekamede, Hecamede

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε343

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Ἐκκαλέσασθαι

to win over

Translated by David Whitehead5 Feb 2007Vetting: high5 revisions

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1 note · 21 words

Translation

[Meaning] to incite, to motivate.¹ "[...] eager to win over those in positions of authority to the objectives of the Romans."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐκκαλέσασθαι· παραθῆξαι, παρορμῆσαι. ἐκκαλέσασθαι σπουδάζων τοὺς ἐπὶ πραγμάτων ταττομένους πρὸς τὰς τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἐλπίδας.

Betacode

*)ekkale/sasqai: paraqh=cai, parormh=sai. e)kkale/sasqai spouda/zwn tou\s e)pi\ pragma/twn tattome/nous pro\s ta\s tw=n *(rwmai/wn e)lpi/das.

Notes (1)

[1] The headword, presumably extracted from the quotation given, is aorist middle infinitive of e)kkale/w (cf. epsilon 344).
2Polybius 3.69.4, on Hannibal in the prelude to the battle (218 BCE, cf. Briscoe, pp. 47-49) of the Trebia (now Trebbia, river in northern Italy, Barrington Atlas map 39 grid F3; cf. OCD(4) s.v. Trebia); the present 'Romans' should of course be 'Carthaginians'. See web address 1.

References

J. Briscoe, 'The Second Punic War,' in A.E. Astin, F.W. Walbank, M.W. Frederiksen, and R.M. Ogilvie, eds., The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. VIII, 2nd ed., Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 B.C., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ε344Ἐκκαλεῖταιcalls out, provokes[Meaning he/she/it] summons. "Caecilius, observing him [= Hannibal] emboldened, and wishing to provoke him to make a move, kept the soldiers inside the gates." ['To provoke'] meaning to summon. Also [sc. attested is the…

Neighbouring entries

ε341Ἐκκαλαμᾶταιfishes out ε342Ἐκαλαμήσαντοthey gathered cornstalks, they gleaned ε343Ἐκκαλέσασθαιto win over ε344Ἐκκαλεῖταιcalls out, provokes ε345ἙκάληHekale, Hecale

Revision history5 revisions · last 28 Feb 2018

28 Feb 2018added to note, added bibliography — Ronald Allen
28 Feb 2018Added map reference, repaired link, added keyword — Ronald Allen
31 Jul 2012Revised — David Whitehead
6 Feb 2007augmented n.2 and keywords — David Whitehead
5 Feb 2007cosmetics, link, status — Catharine Roth
5 Feb 2007Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐκκαλέσασθαι (Adler number epsilon 343), trans. David Whitehead, 5 Feb 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/343

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Ronald Allen, David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗