ἐπαγγέλλω

ἐπαγγέλλω, aor. Pass. -ηγγέλθην IG 12.188.25, -ηγγέλην ib.12.76.19:—Α. tell, proclaim, announce, Od. 4.775, Ar. Lys. 1049 (lyr.); τινὶ ὡς . . Hdt. 3.36; τῷ δήμῳ ὑπέρ τινος ὅτι . . Inscr.Prien. 5.17 (iv B. C.); esp. proclaim by authority, notify publicly, ἐ. [τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν] Th. 5.49; ἐ. πόλεμον Pl. Lg. 702d:— Pass., to be proclaimed, IGIl.cc., etc.; μὴ ἐπηγγέλθαι πω τὰς σπονδάς Th. 5.49, cf. 8.10; βουλῆς -θείσης a meeting having been summoned, D.C. 56.29:—Med., cause proclamation to be made, Hdt. 2.121.ζʹ. 2. give orders, command, abs., Id. 1.70: c.acc. et inf., give orders that . ., ἐπαγγείλας τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους παρεῖναι ib.77, cf. Th. 6.56: c. dat. et inf., order one to do, D. 42.7, etc.: c. acc. rei, στρατιὰν ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους ἐ. send them orders to furnish their contingents, Th. 7.17; κατὰ πόλεις τεσσαράκοντα νεῶν πλῆθος ἐ. Id. 3.16: abs., βοηθεῖν . . καθʼ ὅ τι ἂν -ωσιν αἱ πόλεις Foed. ap. Th. 5.47:—Med., ἐπαγγέλλεσθαί τινι ἑτοιμάζειν στρατιήν Hdt. 7.1, cf. 4.200; ἐ. τινί E. HF 1185 (lyr.); ἐ. τισί ὅκως ἂν ἀπέλθοιεν Hdt. 5.98:—Pass., τὸ ἐπαγγελλόμενον Id. 2.55. 3. as law-term, prop. δοκιμασίαν ἐ. denounce and summon to a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων one who, having incurred ἀτιμία, yet takes part in public affairs (v. ἐπαγγελία 2), ἐπήγγειλα αὐτῷ τὴν δοκιμασίαν ταυτηνί Aeschin. 1.2, cf. ib.32; πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας D. 22.23 (but ἐπηγγέλθη αὐτοῖς ὅτι ἐπεξίοιμι is f.l.for ἀπ- in Antipho 1.11). 4. promise, offer, ξείνοις δεῖπνα Pi. P. 4.31; θεοῖς εὐχάς A. Ch. 213:—more freq. in Med., promise unasked (opp. ὑπισχνέομαι) or offer of oneʼs free will, ἐ. τι ἐς τὴν δωρεὴν τοῖσι ἀδελφεοῖσι Hdt. 3.135; ἐ. καταγωγὴν καὶ ξείνιά τινι Id. 6.35; παίδων . . ἐ. γονάς E. Med. 721; ἁπηγγελλόμην what I was proposing, S. El. 1018, cf. D. 4.15; ἐ. τάδε, ὡς . . Hdt. 6.9: c. inf., promise or offer, ξυμπολεμεῖν Th. 6.88; διαθήκας ἀποφαίνειν (-φανεῖν Dobree) Is. 1.15; ἐ. τῇ βουλῇ μηνύσειν And. 1.15; τισὶν τριήρεις ἔχων ἐκπλεύσεσθαι Lys. 28.4, cf. D. 18.132, etc.; τινὶ ὥστε βοηθεῖν Th. 8.86; ἐ. ὅ τι χρὴ δρᾶν offering (to do) what in justice he ought to do, Pl. Lg. 915a. 5. Med., profess, make profession of, c. acc., ἀρετήν X. Mem. 1.2.7; θεοσέβειαν 1 Ep.Ti. 2.10; esp. of Sophists, as in Pl. Euthd. 273e; τί ἐστιν ὃ ἐ. τε καὶ διδάσκει Id. Grg. 447c; τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ἐπάγγελμα ὃ ἐπαγγέλλομαι Id. Prt. 319a; ἐπαγγελλόμενος πάντα . . οὐδὲν ἐπιτελεῖ Arist. EN 1164a5; [γνῶσιν] 1 Ep.Ti. 6.21: c. inf., ἐ. ἀποκρίνεσθαι ὅ τι ἄν τίς σε ἐρωτᾷ Pl. Grg. 447d; ἐ. οἷός τε εἶναι ποιῆσαί τι Id. La. 186c, Thg. 127e; ταῦτα ἐπαγγέλλεται δεινὸς εἶναι D. 35.41; οἱ σοφισταὶ ἐ. διδάσκειν τινά Arist. EN 1180b35; παιδεύειν D. 35.41; and abs., profess an art, Pl. R. 518b, Arist. SE 172a32. 6. demand, require, cj. in D.H. 5.65:—Med., D. 19.193; but, ask a favour, ib. 41.