πρωτοκλισία
μελετᾶν οὖν χρὴ τὰ ποιοῦντα τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν, εἴπερ παρούσης μὲν αὐτῆς πάντα ἔχομεν, ἀπούσης δὲ πάντα πράττομεν εἰς τὸ ταύτην ἔχειν → one must practice the things which produce happiness, since if that is present we have everything and if it is absent we do everything in order to have it | so we must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A first seat at table, Ev.Matt.23.6, etc.; cf. πρωτοκαθεδρία.
German (Pape)
[Seite 805] ἡ, erstes Lager am Tische, Clem. Al.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πρωτοκλῐσία: ἡ, ἡ πρώτη τιμητικὴ θέσις ἐν δείπνῳ, Εὐαγγ. κ. Ματθ. κγ', 6, κτλ.· πρβλ. Β' Μακκ. Δ', 21 καὶ ἴδε πρωτοκαθεδρία.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
la place d’honneur dans un repas.
Étymologie: πρῶτος, κλίνη.
English (Strong)
from πρῶτος and κλισία; a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner-bed, i.e. preeminence at meals: chief (highest, uppermost) room.
English (Thayer)
πρωτοκλισίας, ἡ (πρῶτος and κλισία), the first reclining-place, the chief place, at table (cf. Rich, Dict. of Rom. and Greek Antiq. under the phrase, lectus tricliniaris; the relative rank of the several places at table varied among Persians, Greeks, and Romans; and what arrangement was currently followed by the Jews in Christ's day can hardly, perhaps, be determined; (yet see Edersheim. Jesus the Messiah, ii., pp. 207f 494)): Luke 14:7,8; 20:46>. (Ecclesiastical writings).
Greek Monolingual
ἡ, ΜΑ
η πρώτη τιμητική θέση σε δείπνο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αμάρτυρο αρχ. πρωτόκλιτος].
Greek Monotonic
πρωτοκλῐσία: ἡ (κλίνω), πρώτη τιμητική θέση σε τραπέζι δείπνου, σε Καινή Διαθήκη
Russian (Dvoretsky)
πρωτοκλισία: ἡ NT = πρωτοκαθεδρία.
Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)
πρωτοκλισία -ας, ἡ [πρωτόκλιτος] eerste plaats (aan tafel). NT.
