Āmanteti [denom. of ā + *mantra] to call, address, speak to, invite, consult J vi.265; DA i.297; SnA 487 (= ālapati & avhayati); PvA 75, 80, 127. -- aor. āmantesi D ii.16; Sn p. 78 (= ālapi SnA 394) & in poetry āmantayi Sn 997; Pv ii.27; 37 (perhaps better with v. l. SS samantayi). -- ger. āmanta (= Sk. *āmantrya) J iii.209, 315 (= āmantayitvāˊ C.), 329; iv.111; v.233; vi.511. <-> pp. āmantita (q. v.). -- Caus. II. āmantāpeti to invite to come, to cause to be called, to send for D i.134 (v. l. āmanteti); Miln 149.