ἐπικελεύω

A. exhort, encourage, cheer on, c. dat., ἐπεκέλευσά σοι E. El. 1224 codd.: abs., Id. Ba. 1088: c. acc. pers., ἐ. τὸν μὴ διανοούμενον Th. 3.82: c. acc. rei cogn., πρὸς τοῖς ἄλλοις κελεύσμασιν ἐ. τόδε "εὖ κύνες" X. Cyn. 6.20; joined with παρακελεύομαι (which prop. means cheer one on to an act not begun, ἐ. to one already begun), Pl. Phd. 61a:—Med., τινὶ παραδιδόναι τὴν ἀρχήν Th. 4.28: abs., Plu. Ant. 77.

II. . give consent or authorization, PPetr. 3p.133 (iii B.C.), PTeb. 201 (i B.C.).