ἐπικηρύσσω

A. ‐κεκήρυχα D. 19.21:—proclaim, ἐπικηρυχθεὶς χθονί proclaimed king, A. Th. 634; ἐ. πόλεμόν τινι D.C. 78.38 (Pass.).

2. . esp. of penalties, ἐ. θάνατον τὴν ζημίαν ὃς ἂν . . proclaim death as the penalty, X. HG 1.1.15; ἐ. ἀργύριον ἐπί τινι set a price on his head, Hdt. 7.214 (but ἀργύριον, of a money penalty, Arist. Oec. 1351b31); χρήματά τινι ἐ. D.I.c.; λάφυρον κατά τινων issue letters of marque, Plb. 4.26.7:—Pass., καί οἱ φυγόντι . . ἀργύριον ἐπεκηρύχθη Hdt. 7.213; τὰ ἐπικηρυχθέντα χρήματα the price set upon one's head, Nymphod. 12, cf. Plu. Them. 26; but also ὁ ἐπικηρυχθείς the proscribed person, outlaw, D.C. 37.10 (pl.).

3. . offer as a reward, χρημάτων πλῆθος τοῖς ἀνελοῦσι D.S. 14.8, cf. D.C. 56.43; τὸ ‐κηρυχθὲν τῷ ἀγαγόντι Plu. Them. 29: c. inf., τάλαντον δώσειν τῷ ἀπαγαγόντι Lys. 6.18.

II. . put up to public auction, τὰς ὠνάς PEdgar 64.4 (iii B.C.), cf. PRev.Laws 48.13 (iii B.C.), SIG 975.6 (Delos, iii B.C., Pass.), v.I. for ἀποκ. in Plu. Cam. 8.