ἐκκλησιάζω
ekklesiazo
hold an assembly, debate therein
Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐκκλησιάζω, fut. -άσω Ec. 161, 8.2 : impf.ἠκκλησίαζον 18.265,19.60; also ἐκκλησίαζον 12.73 codd., but usu. with irreg. augm., as if the Verb were a compd. of ἐκ and *κλησιάζω, impf. ἐξεκλησίαζον 13.73,76 : aor. ἐξεκλησίασα 8.93, 21.193 (freq. with vv.ll. ἐξεκκλησίαζον, ἐξεκκλησίασα) :—Med., ἐξεκκλησιάσατο, = ἀγορήσατο, Hsch.s.h.v.:—Α. hold an assembly, debate therein, Ath. 1.9, Av. 1027, An. 5.6.37 ; περί τινος 7.2, 8.2 ; περί μου ἐπʼ ὀλέθρῳ Th. 84 ; ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως 8.13 ; τοιαῦτα ἐκκλησιάσαντες having thus deliberated, 8.77; ἐ. τὰς ἀναγκαίας ἐκκλησίας Pol. 1292b28. 2. to be a member of the Assembly, ἐ. ἀπὸ τιμήματος οὐδενός ib.1294b3. II. trans., summon to an assembly, convene, τοὺς αὑτοῦ στρατιώτας 9.1 ; λαόν 21.16 ; συναγωγήν Le. 8.3,al. :—Pass., to be called together, ib.Je. 33(26).9, al. 2. metaph., τινὰ πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ἐ. summon considerations before oneʼs mind, Hist.p.210D.
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