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without casting lots, Lys. 16.16, Arist. Ath. 30.5, CIG 2880 ( Miletus).
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separate, set apart, detach, Lys. 16.16; ἀ. ὡς ἓν εἶδος separate and put into one class, Pl. Plt. 262e; ἀπὸ βασιλικῆς τε καὶ πολιτικῆς πράξεως ib. 289d.
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inf., order one to do, σʼ ἔγωγε . . κελεύω ἐς πληθὺν ἰέναι 17.30, cf. 2.11, al., Hdt. 1.8, 24, etc.; ἐκέλευσε τὸν παῖδα περιμεῖναί ἑ κελεῦσαι he bade the lad bid us to wait for him, Pl. R. 327b; ὁ νόμος τὸν ἐπιβουλεύσαντα κελεύει φονέα εἶναι, i.e. bids that he be held guilty, Antipho 4.2.5; ὁ τὸν νόμον κελεύων ἄρχειν δοκεῖ κελεύειν ἄρχειν τὸν θεὸν καὶ τὸν νοῦν Arist. Pol. 1287a29; ἐς τὴν Μίλητον ἔπεμπον κελεύοντες σφίσι τὸν Ἀστύοχον βοηθεῖν Th. 8.38; request, Lys. 16.16; opp. ἐπιτάττειν, IG 1(2).76.33.
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save from death, keep alive, σώοντες ἑταίρους Od. 9.430; ζωοὺς σάω Il. 21.238; ὄτʼ ἄσφʼ ἀπολλυμένοις σάως Alc. 73, cf. Th. 1.91, X. An. 3.1.38; πόδες καὶ γοῦνα σ. τινά Il. 21.611; νὺξ στρατὸν σ. 9.78; spare, Od. 22.357:— Pass., to be saved, kept alive, preserved, opp. ἀπολέσθαι, Il. 15.503, Od. 3.185, etc.; ἀγαπητῶς σεσωσμένους Lys. 16.16; keep a whole skin, escape destruction, οἱ σωθησόμενοι Pl. Tht. 176d; so in pres. σωζόμενος, Thgn. 68, 235 (s.v.l.); to be healed, recover from sickness, Hp. Coac. 136, Is. 1.10 (dub. l.); ὑγιαίνοντες καὶ σωζόμενοι IG 2(2).1028.89 (i B.C.); σώζεο, as a wish, God bless you, farewell, Call. Del. 150, AP 5.240 ( Paul.Sil.), 9.372; σώζοισθε ib. 171 ( Pall.); also, save oneself, escape, σώθητι Pl. Cri. 44b; μόγις or μόλις σῴζεσθαι escape with difficulty, Id. Ep. 332c, D.S. 2.48, etc.; χαλεπῶς σ. Thgn. 675.
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body of soldiers, A. Pers. 298, S. OC 1311; esp. at Athens, the quota of infantry furnished by each φυλή (cf. ταξίαρχος II), Lys. 16.16; but freq. of smaller bodies, company, X. An. 1.2.16, 6.5.11, etc.; ἱππέων τ. ib. 1.8.21; so of ships, squadron, A. Pers. 380: generally, band, company, φιλία γὰρ ἥδε τ., of the chorus, Id. Pr. 128 (lyr.); ἐμφανίσας μοι ἐν ᾗ ἔσομαι τάξει PCair.Zen. 409.6 (iii B.C.).