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🙏 How do you say "Please" in Ancient Greek (to 1453)?

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Marianth profile picture MarianthJanuary 2023

Παρακαλῶ : please

” Ἀλλ᾿, ἦν δ᾿ ἐγώ, πρὸς δύο λέγεται οὐδ᾿ ὁ Ἡρακλῆς οἷός τε εἶναι. Ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐμέ, ἔφη, τὸν Ἰόλεων παρακάλει, ἕως ἔτι φῶς ἐστιν.

 Παρακαλῶ τοίνυν, ἔφην, οὐχ ὡς Ἡρακλῆς, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς Ἰόλεως. Οὐδὲν διοίσει, ἔφη.”

 “But,” I replied, “they say that even Heracles is not a match for two. Well, said he, call me to help you, as your Iolaus, while there is still light.

“I call you to help, then,” said I, “not as Heracles calling Iolaus, but as Iolaus calling Heracles.”

“That is all one,” said he. “But first let us guard against a danger.”

ἁνδάνω : please

ἀρέσκεσθαι : be pleased

προσσαίνω : caress, flatter, hence please, (in accusative).

AlexandraK89 profile picture AlexandraK89December 2022
παρακαλώ < παρακαλέω / παρακαλῶ < παρά + καλέω / καλῶ