προσφωνέω
prosphoneo
call
Appears 40 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
προσφωνέω, A. call or speak to, address, pres. first in Supp. 236: used by only in impf., the Ep.aor.being προσέειπον, τινα Il. 2.22, Od. 4.69: abs., 5.159, 10.109, al.: later c. dat. pers., 1 Es. 2.21, Antig.Rex ap. 7.7, Ev.Matt. 11.16, Act.Ap. 22.2: c. dupl. acc., address words to a person, οὐδέ τί μιν προσεφώνεον Il. 1.332, cf. Fr. 159, Med. 664. 2. call by name, ποδαπὸν ὅμιλον τόνδε . . προσφωνοῦμεν; Supp.l.c.; ὀνόματι π. τινά Tr. 942; π. τινὰ βασιλέα salute him king, 10.38.3, etc. 3. issue directions or orders, τινι PTeb. 27.109 (ii B.C.): abs., folld. by ὅπως, ib.124.21 (ii B.C.):—Pass., UPZ 106.20 (ii B.C.). II. c. acc. rei, pronounce, utter, τήνδε π. φάτιν El. 1213; τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα IG 7.2713.7 (Acraeph., i A.D.); address or dedicate a book, τινι Att. 16.11.4, Luc. 1, 7.313f, etc. 2. make a report, 475,476 (ii A.D.); περί τινος Wilcken Chr. 27.15 (ii A.D.): abs., OGI 572.43 (Myra, ii/iii A.D.).
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