Προκαλεῖσθαι
to invite, to summon
Translated by David Whitehead2 Mar 2010Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Not the [sc. verb that applies to inviting/summoning] into a contest and a battle, but the [one that applies to inviting/summoning] into negotiations and covenants. But the legal writers [use it] of any kind of invitation/summons.1
"Archelaos invited/summoned Sulla to arbitration with Mithridates; and when he had accepted the invitation/summons, terms of agreement were reached."2
"Archelaos invited/summoned Sulla to arbitration with Mithridates; and when he had accepted the invitation/summons, terms of agreement were reached."2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Προκαλεῖσθαι· οὐ τὸ εἰς ἀγῶνα καὶ μάχην, ἀλλὰ τὸ εἰς συμβάσεις καὶ συνθήκας. Θουκυδίδης. οἱ δὲ δικανικοὶ ἐπὶ πάσης προκλήσεως. Ἀρχέλαος παρεκάλει τὸν Σύλλαν διαλλαγῆναι πρὸς τὸν Μιθριδάτην· δεξαμένου δὲ τούτου τὴν πρόκλησιν, ἐγένοντο συνθῆκαι.
Betacode
*prokalei=sqai: ou) to\ ei)s a)gw=na kai\ ma/xhn, a)lla\ to\ ei)s sumba/seis kai\ sunqh/kas. *qoukudi/dhs. oi( de\ dikanikoi\ e)pi\ pa/shs proklh/sews. *)arxe/laos pareka/lei to\n *su/llan diallagh=nai pro\s to\n *miqrida/thn: decame/nou de\ tou/tou th\n pro/klhsin, e)ge/nonto sunqh=kai.
Notes (2)
- 1= Photius pi1246 Theodoridis; prompted by Thucydides 4.19.1 (
*lakedaimo/nioi de\ u(ma=s prokalou=ntai e)s sponda\s kai\ dia/lusin pole/mou : web address 1). For the headword see also under pi 2469, a legal scenario. ↩ - 2From Cassius Dio, as preserved in Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, de legationibus 416.9-11. For this Archelaus, see generally OCD4 s.v., #3. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history5 revisions · last 10 Aug 2014
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- tweaked n.2 — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- added link, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead