κέλευσμα

A. order, command, A. Eu. 235, S. Ant. 1219 (pl.), etc.; call, summons, A. Ch. 751 (pl.): in Prose, word of command in battle, Hdt. 4.141, 7.16, cf. E. Hec. 929 (lyr.); ὁ Κύριος ἐν κ. καταβήσεται ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ 1 Ep.Thess. 4.16; also, the call of the κελευστής (q.v.), which gave the time to the rowers, ἀπὸ ἑνὸς κελεύσματος all at once, Th. 2.92, D.S. 3.15; ἐξ ἑνὸς κελεύματος Sophr. 25; ἐκ κελεύματος at the word of command, A. Pers. 397, cf.E. IT 1405; καχάζετε . . ἀπὸ κ. Eub. 8; στρατεύσονται ἀφ’ ἑνὸς κ. LXX Pr. 30.27; of the boatswain's pipe, κέλευσμα προσαυλεῖν Phld. Mus. p.15 K.; also, the call of the driver to his horses, κελεύματι μόνον καὶ λόγῳ ἡνιοχεῖται Pl. Phdr. 253d; of the huntsman to his hounds, X. Cyn. 6.20; κ. κυνηγετῶν S. Ichn. 225. (κέλευμα is the more ancient form, as in A. Pers. 397, Ch. 751, S., Sophr., Pl. (codd.l.c.), X., ll.cc., v.l. in Hdt. ll. cc., Th. l. c.)