- κλῆσις
- κλῆσις, εως, ἡ, ([etym.] καλέω)A calling, call, Pl.Smp.172a, X.Cyr.3.2.14, etc.2 calling into court, summons, prosecution, Ar.Nu.875, 1189, etc.;
τὰς κλήσεις καλεῖσθαι ὅσας ἔδει Antipho 6.38
;ἀφιέναι τὰς κ. X.HG1.7.13
.3 invitation to a feast, Id.Smp.1.7;εἰς τὸ πρυτανεῖον D.19.32
;κλήσεις δείπνων Plu.Per.7
, cf. Parmenisc. ap. Ath. 4.156d.4 invocation, θεῶν Men.Rh.p.333 S.5 calling to aid, Plb.2.50.7.6 calling in a religious sense, 1 Ep.Cor.7.20.II name, appellation, Pl.Plt.262d, 287e, Dsc.1.42;τοὺς θεοὺς εἶναι κ. ἱεράς Cleanth.Stoic.1.123
;Φιλησίη τὴν κ.
by name,IG
14.2067; reputation, Phld.Rh.2.46 S.III Gramm., αἱ κ. τῶν ὀνομάτων the nominatives, opp. αἱ πτώσεις (the oblique cases), Arist.APr.48b41; ἔχειν θηλείας ἢ ἄρρενος κλῆσιν the nominative form of . . , Id.SE173b40, cf. 182a18.IV = Lat. classis, D.H.4.18.------------------------------------κλῆσις, εως, ἡ, (κλείω A)A closing,τῶν λιμένων Th.2.94
, cf. 7.70:— written [full] κλεῖσις, Aen.Tact.20.1.
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