- κλισία
- κλῐσία, [dialect] Ion. -ιη, ἡ, κλίνω)A place for lying down or reclining: hence,I hut, shed, booth, 1. for use in peace, cot, cabin, once in Il., 18.589, cf. Od.14.194, al.2 for use in war, hut, κ. εὔπηκτος, εὔτυκτος, Il.9.663, 10.566;
κ. ὑψηλή 24.448
: freq. in pl., camp, 1.487, al.;πῦρ ἐν κλισίῃσι βαλόντες Od.8.501
:—not common after Hom. (σκηνή being used), B.12.135, etc.: used by Trag. in lyr. and anap., A.Fr.131, S.Aj.190, 1407, E.IA189: later with various meanings, Βάκχου κλισίαι, of wine-shops, IG14.889 ([place name] Sinuessa); εὐσεβέων κλισίη, of the grave, Epigr.Gr.237.4 (Smyrna, ii/i B.C.), cf. IG12(5).1104 (Syros, ii A.D.); chapel,ἡ κ. ἡ ἱερά BCH51.220
([place name] Thasos), cf. Arch.Pap.1.219, IG42(1).123.131 (Epid.); cf. κλεισία.II anything for lying or sitting upon, couch or easy chair, Od.4.123;κ. δινωτὴν ἐλέφαντι καὶ ἀργύρῳ 19.55
;ἐπ' ἀλλοτρίαν κ. ἐρχόμενος IG22.1368.74
.2 couch for reclining on at table, Pi.P.4.133 (pl.);ᾧ ξυνὴν εἶχον ἐγὼ κ. Call.Aet.1.1.8
; place on such couch,κ. ἄτιμος Plu.Ant.59
, 2.148f;κ. ἄδοξος Hegesand.18
.3 nuptial bed, E.Alc.994, IT857.III company of people sitting at meals, Ev.Luc.9.14; banquet,εὐωχίαι τε καὶ κ. Onos.35.5
; room for company, Luc.Am.12.IV way of lying, decubitus, Hp.Epid.7.25;τὸ σχῆμα τῆς κ. Plu.Sert.26
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Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.