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ὁμοκλάω

homoklao

call

Appears 22 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὁμοκλάω, Ep. impf. 3pl. ὁμόκλεον (as if from ὁμοκλέω, cf. ὁμοκλεῖ· ἀπειλεῖ, βοᾷ, Hsch.) and 3sg. ὁμόκλᾱ (v. infr.) : aor. ὁμόκλησα Hom. (v. infr.), S. El. 712 ; Ion. Iterat. ὁμοκλήσασκε (v. infr.) :—A. Ep. Verb, call or shout to, c. dat., either to encourage, ὁμόκλεον ἀλλήλοισι Il. 15.658 : once in Trag., ἵπποις ὁμοκλήσαντες S. El. 712 ; or (more freq.), to upbraid, threaten, δεινὰ ὁμοκλήσας Il. 5.439, etc. ; ὁμοκλήσας ἔπος ηὔδα 6.54, etc. ; μέγα δὲ Τρώεσσιν ὁμόκλα 18.156 ; ὁ δʼ υἱάσιν οἷσιν ὁμόκλα 24.248 ; μνηστῆρες δʼ ἄρα πάντες ὁμόκλεον Od. 21.360 : also c. dat. modi, ὁμοκλήσασκέ τε μύθῳ Il. 2.199 ; ὁμόκλησάν τʼ ἐπέεσσιν 23.363 : c. inf., command loudly, call on one to do, 16.714. (Spir. asp. indicated by κέκλεθʼ ὁμοκλήσας Il. 20.365 (v.l. κέκλετʼ ὀμ-), spir. lenis by ὑπʼ ὀμοκλῆς Hes. Sc. 341, h.Cer. 88, Call. Del. 158 : the former is perh. due to the mistaken idea of connexion with ὁμός.)
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