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κικλήσκω , poet. redupl. form of καλέω, used only in pres. and impf.,
A.call, summon, Il.11.606, 17.532, Od.22.397; “κλήδην εἰς ἀγορὴν κ.” Il.9.11:—Med., “ἄμυδις κικλήσκετο πάντας ἀρίστους” 10.300.
2. invite, 2.404.
3. invoke, implore, 9.569, A.Supp.212, 217, Eu.508 (lyr.), S.OT209 (lyr.), E.Tr.470, etc.
II. accost, address, “ψυχὴν Πατροκλῆος” Il.23.221.
III. call by name, “τὴν . . ἄνδρες Βατίειαν κ.” 2.813, cf. 14.291; “τὸν ἐπίκλησιν κορυνήτην ἄνδρες κ.” 7.139, cf. Pi.P. 4.119, Fr.87.4, A.Ag.712 (lyr.), E.El.118 (lyr.); “οὔνομα Θεσμοφάνην με . . κίκλησκον” IG3.1337:—Pass., νῆσός τις Συρίη κικλήσκεται there is an island called Συρίη, Od.15.403; “ἀφ᾽ οὗ δὴ Ῥήγιον κικλήσκεται” A.Fr. 402; “πατρὸς Στρυμόνος κικλήσκεται” E.Rh.279, 652.—Also in late Ion. Prose, Aret.SA2.6, SD1.6 (Pass.), al.; cf. κληΐσκω.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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