πρόκλησις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[calling forth]], [[challenge]], μουνομαχίη ἐκ προκλήσιος <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.75</span>; π. ἔφυγε <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Marc.</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[sounding of the advance]], Opp. ἀνάκλησις, προκλήσεις σάλπιγγος <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.20.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[invitation]], [[offer]], [[proposal]], τὴν π. ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐδέχεσθε <span class="bibl">Th.3.64</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1292a29</span>, etc.; π. ποιησάμενοι <span class="bibl">D.H.7.39</span>; προτιθέναι <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>1.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> as law-term, [[formal challenge]] or [[wager]], offered by either party to his opponent, for the purpose of bringing disputed points to issue, such as [[a challenge]] to the opponent to let his slaves be tortured to give evidence against him, or [[an offer]] of one's own slaves to be tortured, <span class="bibl">Lys.4.15</span>, <span class="bibl">D.37.40</span>; [[challenge]] or [[offer]] to take an oath with respect to the matter at issue, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1377a20</span>; <b class="b3">π. προκαλεῖσθαι</b> to make [[such a challenge]], <span class="bibl">D.59.124</span>: c. dupl. acc., προκαλοῦνται πρόκλησιν ἡμᾶς ὡς οὐ δεξομένους <span class="bibl">Id.37.12</span>; οὐ δέξεσθαι τὴν π. <span class="bibl">Id.40.10</span>; [[φεύγειν]] to decline it, <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.27</span>; [[μαρτυρεῖν]] to appeal to it, <span class="bibl">D.45.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[titillation]], [[stimulation]], <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>1.2</span>, al.</span>