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ὁμοκλάω

ὁμοκλάω, call (to encourage, threaten)

ὁμοκλ-άω, Ep. impf. 3 pl. ὁμόκλεον (as if from ὁμοκλέω, cf. ὁμοκλεῖ· ἀπειλεῖ, βοᾷ, Hsch.) and 3 sg. ὁμόκλᾱ (v. infr.): aor. ὁμόκλησα Hom. (v. infr.), S. El. 712; Ion. Iterat. ὁμοκλήσασκε (v. infr.):—
  • 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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