κλῆσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ, (καλέω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[calling]], [[call]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>172a</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.2.14</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[calling into court]], [[summons]], [[prosecution]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>875</span>, <span class="bibl">1189</span>, etc.; τὰς κλήσεις καλεῖσθαι ὅσας ἔδει <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.38</span>; ἀφιέναι τὰς κ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.7.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[invitation]] to a feast, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>1.7</span>; εἰς τὸ πρυτανεῖον <span class="bibl">D.19.32</span>; κλήσεις δείπνων <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>7</span>, cf. Parmenisc. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath. 4.156d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[invocation]], <b class="b3">θεῶν</b> Men.Rh.<span class="bibl">p.333</span> S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[calling to aid]], <span class="bibl">Plb.2.50.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> [[calling]] in a religious sense, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>7.20</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[name]], [[appellation]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>262d</span>, <span class="bibl">287e</span>, Dsc.1.42; τοὺς θεοὺς εἶναι κ. ἱεράς <span class="bibl">Cleanth.Stoic.1.123</span>; Φιλησίη τὴν κ. [[by name]], IG14.2067; [[reputation]], Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.46 S. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Gramm., <b class="b3">αἱ κ. τῶν ὀνομάτων</b> the [[nominatives]], opp. <b class="b3">αἱ πτώσεις</b> (the oblique cases), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APr.</span>48b41</span>; <b class="b3">ἔχειν θηλείας ἢ ἄρρενος κλῆσιν</b> the [[nominative form]] of... <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">SE</span>173b40</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">182a18</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> = Lat. [[classis]], <span class="bibl">D.H.4.18</span>.</span><br /><span class="bld">κλῆσις</span>, εως, ἡ, (<b class="b3">κλείω</b> A) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[closing]], τῶν λιμένων <span class="bibl">Th.2.94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.70</span>:— written κλεῖσις, <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.20.1</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Meaning: [[call]], <b class="b3">κλητήρ</b>, <b class="b3">κλήτωρ</b> [[herald]], [[witness]] etc.<br />See also: s. [[καλέω]].