προσφωνέω, προσφώνω; imperfect 3 person singular προσεφώνει; 1 aorist προσεφώνησα; 1. to call to; to address by calling: absolutely, Luk_13:12; Luk_23:20 (where L WH add αὐτοῖς); Act_21:40 (Homer, Odyssey 5, 159 etc.); with the dative of a person (cf. Winer's Grammar, 36), Mat_11:16; Luk_7:32; Act_22:2,. ((Diogenes Laërtius 7, 7). 2. to call to oneself, summon: τινα (so the better Greek writings; see Matthiae, § 402 b.; (Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 14)), Luk_6:13.

προσφωνέω prosphōneō 7x to speak to, address, Mat_11:16 ; Luk_7:32 ; Luk_13:12 ; to address, harangue, Act_22:2 ; to call to one s self, Luk_6:13

προσ -φωνέω , -ῶ , [in LXX : 1Es_2:21 ; 1Es_6:6 ; 1Es_6:22 , 2Ma_15:15 * ;] 1. to address, call to; in cl ., c . acc pers ., c . dupl . acc ( cf. 2Mac, l.c .); absol. ( Hom ., Od., v, 159, al. ): Act_21:40 In late writers, c. dat. pers .: Mat_11:16 , Luk_7:32 ; Luk_13:12 ; Luk_23:20 , Act_22:2 . 2. to call by name, summon: c . acc (as in cl .), Luk_6:13 .†

προσφωνέω [page 553] προσφωνέω is included by Mayser ( Gr . p. 34) among the poetical verbs which have passed into the Κοινή . For the meaning address, give speech to, as in Act_22:2 , we may cite P Petr II. 38 ( b ) .3 (B.C. 242) παρὰ δέ σου οὐθ [ὲ ]ν ἡμῖν προσπεφώνηται , whereas from you not a word has been uttered (Ed.), Chrest . I. 27 verso .15 (ii/A.D.) περὶ τούτου ὡς ἔδοξε [ν ], προσφωνησάτω ἡμεῖν ὁ πρυτανικός . From this it is an easy transition to the more official sense of report, as in P Ryl II. 83 .10 (A.D. 138 161) where a tax-collector states to the commission appointed to receive his accounts, προσφωνῶ περὶ τοῦ μ̣η̣δέν μοι διαγεγρά (φθαι ) ὑπὲρ [λ ]ημμάτων ἰδίου λόγου , I report to you that nothing has been paid to me on behalf of the revenues of the privy purse (Edd.), BGU I. 16 .13 (A.D. 159 160) (= Selections , p. 84) ἐπιζητοῦσι ὑμ [ῖ ]ν εἰ [οὕ ]τως ἔχει προσφωνοῦμεν , to your enquiries whether these things are so we report, with reference to certain charges against a priest, P Oxy I. 51 .9 (A.D. 173) a public physician is instructed to inspect the body of a man who had been hanged, and προσφωνῆσαι regarding it, and similarly ib . III. 475 .8 (A.D. 182), VI. 896 .39 (A.D. 316) : cf. 1Es_2:21 . The account of Nero s speech to the Greeks on freedom in A.D. 67, Syll 376 (= .3 814) .8 , is introduced with the words, συνελθόντων τῶν ὄχλων ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ προσεφώνησεν τὰ ὑπογεγραμμένα . The word is found associated with ὁμολογέω with the meaning avow, acknowledge, in P Gen 1. 68 .1 (A.D. 382) προσεφω̣[ν ]ησεν καὶ ὁμολόγησεν Αὐ [ρή ]λιος Περγάμιος , and in P Leid G .20 (B.C. 99) (= I. p. 43) the editor (p. 47) thinks that προσφωνέω has the meaning compellandi, cum reprehensions admonendi . For προσφώνησις cf. P Grenf I. 35 .6 (B.C. 99) ἐγράψαμεν ὑμῖν ὑπὲρ ὧν βουλόμεθα , μηδεμιᾶς προσφωνήσεως προσπεπτωκυίας , and see Preisigke Fachwφrter s.v .

προσφωνέω fut. ήσω "to call or speak to, address, accost", τινά Hom. , etc.; absol., Od. ; τοῖσιν προσεφώνεε "addressed" [them] in these words, id=Od. ; (but c. dat. pers., NTest. ):—c. dupl. acc. "to address" words "to" a person, Il. , Eur. "to call by name", Eur. c. acc. rei, "to pronounce, utter", Soph.

προσ-φωνέω, -ῶ [in LXX: 1Es.2:21 Est.6:6 Est.6:22, 2Ma.15:15 * ;] __1. to address, call to; in cl., with accusative of person(s), with dupl. accusative (cf. 2Mac, l.with); absol. (Hom., Od., v, 159, al.): Act.21:40 In late writers, with dative of person(s): Mat.11:16, Luk.7:32 13:12 23:20, Act.22:2. __2. to call by name, summon: with accusative (as in cl.), Luk.6:13.† (AS)