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ἐπικλώθω

ἐπικλώθω, to spin to

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ἐπικλώθουσι present active participle masculine dative plural, present active participle neuter dative plural, present active indicative 3rd plural of ἐπικλώθω

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ἐπι-κλώθω,
  • spin upon, ῥάμμα (q.v.) Hermipp. 48; elsewh.,
    • II spin to one, assign, prop. of the Fates who spun the thread of destiny; also of all powers which influence menʼs fortunes, οὔ μοι τοιοῦτον ἐπέκλωσαν θεοὶ ὄλβον Od. 3.208, cf. 4.208, etc.; ὁππότε κεν Μοῖραι ἐπικλώσωσʼ (sc. θάνατον) Callin. 1.9, cf. Them. Or. 32.356d:—Med., ὁππότε [θεοὶ] βασιλεῦσιν ἐπικλώσωνται ὀϊζύν Od. 20.196, cf. 8.579: sts. c. inf. pro acc., τῷ οἱ ἐπεκλώσαντο θεοὶ οἶκόνδε νέεσθαι 1.17; ὡς γὰρ ἐπεκλώσαντο θεοὶ δειλοῖσι βροτοῖσι, ζώειν ἀχνυμένοις Il. 24.525 (here only in Il.):—so in Act., φιτρὸν τὸν Μοῖρʼ ἐπέκλωσεν ζωᾶς ὅρον ἔμμεν B. 5.143; τοῦτο γὰρ λάχος . . Μοῖρʼ ἐπέκλωσεν ἐμπέδως ἔχειν A. Eu. 335 (lyr.); ἐπεὶ τό γε (sc. θανεῖν) Μοῖρʼ ἐ. CIG 3136 (Erythrae), al.—Poet. word, used by Pl. Tht. 169c τὴν . . εἱμαρμένην, ἣν <ἂν> σὺ ἐπικλώσῃς, cf. Stoic. 2.319, Luc. Cont. 16, DMort. 24[30].2, Jul. Or. 7.229c:—Pass., τὰ ἐπικλωσθέντα its destiny, Pl. R. 620e, cf. Lg. 957e, Plu. Aud.poet. 2.22b, Cons.Apoll. 114d; ἐξ ἀρχῆς -κεκλωσμένην ἀπόβασιν Com.Adesp. 295 (troch.).

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