ἐπαγγ-ελία, ἡ,
command, summons, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.38.2. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__b announcement, notice, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 22.1235.7 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τοῦ ἀγῶνος [[ “SIG” 561.9 (from Chalcis), probably in LXX.1Mac.10.15 ] LXX]; variant in [[ NT.1John.1.5. ] NT]
__2 as law-term, ἐ. (i.e. δοκιμασίας) summons to attend a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων (see. ἐπαγγέλλω [[ 3), ἐ. τινὶ ἐπαγγέλλειν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.64, compare 81; πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας ἔσθ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.29 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, notification, summons, [[ Sammelb. 4434 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 offer, promise, profession, undertaking, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.14; τὰς ὑπερβολὰς τῶν ἐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1164a29, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.20; ἐπαγγελίας ποιεῖσθαί τινι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.72.6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ καταλιπών having left it as a promise, [[ [prev. author] 18.28.1 ] Refs]; τὴν ἐ. ἐπὶ τέλος ἀγαγεῖν [[[prev. passage],compare “SIG” 577.11 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὤμων ἐπαγγελίᾳ the promise of his shoulders, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.4 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐξ ἐ., ={ἐπαγγειλάμενος}, [[ “BCH” 11.12 (from Lagina)] Refs]; ἐ. ποιησάμενος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων [[ “Michel” 473.10 (from Mylasa)] Refs]; ἐβεβαίωσεν τὴν ἐ. [[ “Inscription Prien.” 123.9, compare “GDI” 3624a34 (from Cos). ] Refs]