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ἀνακαλέω

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Gloss: to call by name

Transliteration: anakaleō

Strong’s: G6285

1. to call up the dead , (Aeschulus Tragicus); so in Mid., (Euripides)
2. to call again and again :
3. to invoke, appeal to , θεούς (Herdotus Historicus), etc.;—;so in Mid., (Sophocles Tragicus)
4. to summon, cite , (Herdotus Historicus):—;Mid. to call to oneself, send for, summon , (Euripides)
5. to call by a name, ἀν. κακούς (Euripides); Δαναούς (Thucydides):—;Pass., Ἀργεῖος ἀνακαλούμενος (Sophocles Tragicus)
6. to call on , so as to encourage, (Thucydides); Mid., ἀνακαλεῖσθαι τὰς κύνας to cheer on the hounds, (Xenophon Historicus)
7. to call back, recall , mostly in Mid., (Aeschulus Tragicus); especially from exile, (Plato Philosophus); ἀνακαλεῖσθαι τῆι σάλπιγγι to sound a retreat, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
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