Promise Pledge

ἐπαγγ-ελία, ἡ, command, summons, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __b announcement, notice, Refs 3rd c.BC+; τοῦ ἀγῶνος LXX; variant in NT __2 as law-term, ἐ. (i.e. δοκιμασίας) summons to attend a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων (see. ἐπαγγέλλω Refs 4th c.BC+: generally, notification, summons, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __3 offer, promise, profession, undertaking, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐν ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ καταλιπών having left it as a promise, Refs; τὴν ἐ. ἐπὶ τέλος ἀγαγεῖν Refs 3rd c.BC+; ὤμων ἐπαγγελίᾳ the promise of his shoulders, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ἐξ ἐ., ={ἐπαγγειλάμενος}, Refs; ἐ. ποιησάμενος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων Refs; ἐβεβαίωσεν τὴν ἐ. Refs __4 indication, τοῦ ἐσομένου Refs 2nd c.AD+ __5 plural, canvassing, = Latin ambitus, probably falsa lectio for{παρ-}, Refs 1st c.AD+ __6 ={ἐπάγγελμα} 2, subject of a treatise, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __7 the curative property claimed for prescriptions or drugs, ταῖς τῶν φαρμάκων ἐ. their advertised properties, Refs 1st c.AD+; ἐ. ἐπιτηδεύματος public exercise of a profession, Men.Prot.p.1D.

ἐπαγγ-έλλω, aorist passive -ηγγέλθηνRefs—tell, proclaim, announce, Refs 8th c.BC+; especially proclaim by authority, notify publicly, ἐ. [τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν] Refs 5th c.BC+:— passive, to be proclaimed, Refs 5th c.BC+; βουλῆς -θείσης a meeting having been summoned, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—middle, cause proclamation to be made, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 give orders, command, absolutely, Refs: c.accusative et infinitive, give orders that.., ἐπαγγείλας τοὺς Αακεδαιμονίους παρεῖναιRefs 5th c.BC+: with dative et infinitive, order one to do, Refs 4th c.BC+ with accusative _of things_, στρατιὰν ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους ἐ. send them orders to furnish their contingents, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, ἐπαγγέλλεσθαί τινι ἑτοιμάζειν στρατιήν Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, τὸ ἐπαγγελλόμενον Refs __3 as law-term, properly δοκιμασίαν ἐ. denounce and summon to a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων one who, having incurred ἀτιμία, yet takes part in public affairs (see. ἐπαγγελία Refs 5th c.BC+ __4 promise, offer, ξείνοις δεῖπνα Refs 5th c.BC+:—more frequently in middle, promise unasked (opposed to ὑπισχνέομαι) or offer of one's free will, ἐ. τι ἐς τὴν δωρεὴν τοῖσι ἀδελφεοῖσι Refs 5th c.BC+; ἁπηγγελλόμην what I was proposing, Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, promise or offer, ξυμπολεμεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+; διαθήκας ἀποφαίνειν (-φανεῖν Dobree) Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐ. ὅ τι χρὴ δρᾶν offering (to do) what in justice he ought to do, Refs 5th c.BC+ __5 middle, profess, make profession of, with accusative, ἀρετήν NT+5th c.BC+; especially of Sophists, as in Refs 5th c.BC+; [γνῶσιν] NT: with infinitive, ἐ. ἀποκρίνεσθαι ὅ τι ἄν τίς σε ἐρωτᾷ Refs 5th c.BC+; and absolutely, profess an art, Refs 5th c.BC+ __6 demand, require, conjecture in Refs 1st c.BC+:—middle, Refs 4th c.BC+; but, ask a favour, Refs

ἐπάγγ-ελμα, ατος, τό, promise, profession, Refs 5th c.BC+.; ἐπαγγέλματι, opposed to κατ᾽ ἀλήθειαν, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2 subject of a treatise, that which it purports to contain, τὸ ἐ. τοῦ λόγου Refs 1st c.BC+ __3 ={ἐπαγγελία} 7, Refs 1st c.AD+ __4 art, profession, τὸ ἐ. τῆς ἀοτοποιΐας Refs 2nd c.AD+

ἐπερώτ-ημα, Ionic dialect ἐπειρ-, ατος, τό, question, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 answer to inquiry put to higher authority: hence, sanction, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __3 = Latin stipulatio, PCair. Preis.1.16 Refs 2nd c.AD+: hence probably, pledge, Refs.