Aristotle Greek Lexicon κατάκλισις

κατάκλισις

kataklisis

making

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κατάκλισις, εως, , A. making one to lie down, seating him at table, opp. ὑπανάστασις, Pl. R. 425b, Arist. EN 1165a28; ἡ κ. τοῦ γάμου the celebration of the marriage feast, Hdt. 6.129. II. (from Pass.) lying at table, sitting at meat, Arist. Pol. 1336b9,21; παρά τινι Pl. Smp. 175e; τὸ σχῆμα τῆς κ. Plu. 2.679f, cf. Porph. Abst. 2.61. 2. way of lying in bed, τὴν κ. ποιείσθω ἐπὶ τὴν ὑγιᾶ γνάθον Hp. Art. 33, cf.Prog. 3 (pl.). b. taking to oneʼs bed, of a sick person, Id. Epid. 4.31, J. AJ 4.8.33, etc. c. causing one to take to his bed, i. e. striking with disease, PMag.Par. 1.2496. d. Astrol., horoscope cast at the hour when a patient takes to his bed, Gal. 19.529, Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.20, 8(4).57.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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