επικαλούμαι

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐπικαλοῦμαι (epikaloûmai),[1] contracted middle/passive voice of ἐπικαλέω (epikaléō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.pi.kaˈlu.me/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧πι‧κα‧λού‧μαι

Verb

επικαλούμαι • (epikaloúmai) deponent (past επικαλέστηκα/επικλήθηκα) (transitive)

  1. to invoke (to call to mind for some purpose)
  2. to cite (to mention by way of explanation)
  3. to invoke (to appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority)
  4. to invoke, to call on (to call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance)
  5. to invoke (to solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude)
  6. to appeal to (to call upon a person or an authority to corroborate a statement, to decide a controverted question, or to vindicate one's rights)
  7. (rare) synonym of επονομάζομαι (eponomázomai, “to be given an epithet, to be dubbed”)

Usage notes

  • επικαλέστηκα is the past tense form in the senses 'invoke', 'cite', 'appeal to'. επικλήθηκα is the past tense form in the sense 'to be given an epithet', 'to be dubbed'.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ επικαλούμαι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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