πρόκλησις: Difference between revisions

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