ἐπιβοάω

A. call upon or to, cry out to, ἐ. τινὶ ὅτι . . Th. 5.65; ἐ. τινί, c. inf., call on one to do . . , Id. 4.28, 7.70: c.acc., invoke, θεόν AP 9.334 (Pers.): abs., of hounds, give tongue, X. Cyn. 6.19; cry out, Arr. Epict. 4.1.14; of calling upon the dead at funerals, BMus.Inscr. 791, al. (Cnidus).

2. . utter or sing aloud over, τινί τι, μέλος χέρνιβι ἐπιβοᾶν Ar. Av. 898; shriek out besides, στέρν’ ἄρασσε κἀπιβόα τὸ Μύσιον A. Pers. 1054 codd. (lyr.); ἔγχει, κἀπιβόα τρίτον παιῶνα Pherecr. 131.5.

3. . Med., cry out against, Luc. DMeretr. 12.1:—Pass., τὰ ἴδια ἐπιβοώμενος cried out against in regard to private matters, Th. 6.16.

4. . applaud, acclaim, Arr. Epict. 3.23.10, M.Ant. 10.34.

II. . Med., invoke, call upon, θεοὺς ἐπιβώσομαι Od. 1.378; σὲ γὰρ πρώτην . . ἐπιβωσόμεθ’ (v.l. for ἐπιδωσόμεθ’) Il. 10.463; τὸν Ἀπόλλωνα ἐπιβώσασθαι Hdt. 1.87; ἐπιβοᾶται Θέμιν E. Med. 168 (lyr.); θεοὺς . . ἐπιβοώμενοι, πατέρων τάφους ἐ., Th. 3.59, 67; ὅρκους καὶ πίστεις D.H. 11.49; call to aid, τὴν ἄλλην στρατιὴν ἐπεβώσαντο Hdt. 9.23, cf. 5.1: c.inf., ἐ. [τινὰ] μὴ ἀπολέσαι τὴν πατρίδα Th. 8.92.

2. . c.acc. rei, call out, Id. 7.69.