κλῆσις

klesis

calling, call

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Sophistical Refutations 2
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Chapter 14 173b17–174a16

173b40
174a1
Prior Analytics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 36 48a40–49a5

48b41
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 12 1331a19–1331b23

1331b8

Dictionary (LSJ)

κλῆσις, εως, ἡ, (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. 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.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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