κλῆσις

klesis

calling, call

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Statesman 6
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262d4
262d5
262e2
287e9
305e4
258a1
Letters 1
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315c1
Symposium 1
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172a4

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.

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