[Used] with a dative and [= or] with an accusative.[1] It is attested in
Thucydides not only in reference to greater [sc. men], but also in reference to lesser.[2]
*keleu/w: dotikh=| kai\ ai)tiatikh=|. ou)k e)pi\ meizo/nwn mo/non kei=tai para\ *qoukudi/dh|, a)lla\ kai\ e)p' e)latto/nwn.
[1] See LSJ s.v. for these usages.
[2] Expanded -- by making the second part explicit -- from the
scholia to
Thucydides 1.42.2 (speech of the Corinthians in
Athens): the Corcyreans
keleu/ousin the Athenians to do wrong. The thrust of the contrast is not immediately self-evident, but the general idea seems to be that
keleu/ein can be used of persons without the authority to give commands, in a sense like "urge."
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