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κλῆσις

κλῆσις, a calling, call

κλῆσις, εως, ἡ, (καλέω)
  • 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. HG 1.7.13.
      • 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. SE 173b40, cf. 182a18.
    • IV = Lat. classis, D.H. 4.18.

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