παρακαλέω

parakaleo

call to

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

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Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 1102a5–1103a10

1102b16
Book X 2
Chapter 4 1174a13–1175a20

1175a7

Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23

1180a6
Rhetoric 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 21 1394a19–1395b20

1395a12
Book III 2
Chapter 10 1410b6–1411b21

1411a9
1411b4
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 122 842a15–35

842a27
Sense and Sensibilia 1
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Chapter 5 442b27–445b2

443b28

Dictionary (LSJ)

παρακαλέω, Att. fut. -καλῶ, later -καλέσω LXX Jb. 7.13, al.:—A. call to one, X. An. 3.1.32. II. call in, send for, summon, Hdt. 1.77, Ar. V. 215, etc.; σύμμαχον π. τινά Hdt. 7.158, cf. Th. 1.119, Pl. Phd. 89c, etc.; π. ἑταίρους And. 4.14; π. τινὰ ἐς τὸν πόλεμον Hdt. 7.205, cf. D. 18.24; π. τινὰ σύμβουλον X. An. 1.6.5; τινὰς εἰς συμβουλήν Pl. La. 186a; συνήγορον Aeschin. 2.184; invoke the gods, τοὺς θεούς D. 18.8; περὶ τούτου τὸν θεόν (as medical adviser) IG 42(1).126.31 (Epid., ii A. D.); τὸν Ἐνυάλιον X. HG 2.4.17; Διόνυσον εἰς τὴν τελετήν Pl. Lg. 666b; [τοὺς θεοὺς] π. βοηθούς Arr. Epict. 3.21.12:—Pass., παρακαλούμενος καὶ ἄκλητος, ‘vocatus atque non vocatus’, Th. 1.118; -κληθέντες ἐς ξυμμαχίαν Id. 5.31; παρακαλουμένη ἀμύνειν being called upon to ward off, Pl. Lg. 692e; -κληθεὶς γυμνασιαρχῆσαι OGI 339.53 (Sestos, ii B. C.). 2. summon oneʼs friends to attend one in a trial, π. τοὺς φίλους Is. 1.7, etc.; π. τινάς call them as witnesses, Lys. 14.28; π. πάντας ἀνθρώπους D. 34.29:—Med., dub. in Lycurg. 28:—Pass., παρακεκλημένοι summoned to attend at a trial, Aeschin. 1.173. b. summon a defendant into court, in Pass., PTeb. 297.5 (ii A. D.), Mitteis Chr. 71.5 (v A. D.). 3. invite, ἐπὶ δαῖτα E. Ba. 1247; εἰς (v.l. ἐπὶ) θήραν X. Cyr. 4.6.3; ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα π. invite him to mount the tribune, Aeschin. 3.72. 4. appeal to, τινὰ περὶ γῆς App. Pun. 136. III. exhort, encourage, τάξις τάξιν παρεκάλει A. Pers. 380, cf. Plb. 1.60.5; π. τινὰ εἰς μάχην E. Ph. 1254; τινὰ ἐπὶ τὰ κάλλιστα ἔργα X. An. 3.1.24; π. τὴν νόησιν εἰς ἐπίσκεψιν Pl. R. 523b; πρὸς τὸ μνημονεύειν Isoc. 3.12: c. inf., E. Cyc. 156, X. An. 5.6.19, Decr. ap. D. 18.185:—Pass., Isoc. 2.14; παρακέκληται ἡ διάνοια Arist. EN 1175a7. 2. comfort, console, τοὺς πενθοῦντας LXX Si. 48.24:—Pass., Ev.Matt. 2.18, 5.4. 3. excite, τινὰ ἐς φόβον E. Or. 1583; ἐς δάκρυα Id. IA 497; incite, π. καὶ παροξύνειν ἐπί . . Epicur. Nat. 54 G.; of things, foment, φλόγα X. Cyr. 7.5.23. IV. demand, require, ὁ θάλαμος σκεύη π. Id. Oec. 9.3:—Pass., τὰ παρακαλούμενα proposals, demands, Philipp. ap. D. 18.166sq., Plb. 4.29.3. V. beseech, entreat, Id. 4.82.8, PTeb. 24.46 (ii B. C.), etc.; π. τινὰ ἵνα . . Aristeas 318, Ev.Marc. 8.22, Arr. Epict. 2.7.11, etc.; ὅπως . . Ev.Matt. 8.34: but ἐρωτῶ καὶ π. for δέομαι is condemned by Hermog. Meth. 3. VI. Pass., relent, πρός, ἐπί τινι, towards a person, LXX Jd. 21.6, 15, cf. 2 Ki. 24.16. 2. repent, regret, παρακέκλημαι ὅτι . . ib. 1 Ki. 15.11.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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