πρόσρησις

prosresis

addressing

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Charmides 2
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164d7
165a6
Letters 2
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315c6
315b1
Statesman 2
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306e7
258a1
Cratylus 1
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423e4
Laws 1
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Book VI 1
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777e6
Sophist 1
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239a10

Dictionary (LSJ)

πρόσρησις, εως, ἡ, A. addressing, διδοὺς πρόσρησιν ἑξῆς πᾶσι accosting them, E. IA 341; π. τοῦ θεοῦ τῶν εἰσιόντων Pl. Chrm. 164d, cf. X. Hier. 8.3; ἡ οἰκέτου π. address to . ., Pl. Lg. 777e; ἐπʼ ἐξόδοισι γὰρ ἔθαψα . . σʼ ἕνεκʼ ἐμῆς π. to enable me to address thee, E. Hel. 1166; so ὁ σὸς δὲ τύμβος . . τοῖς ἐμπόροις π. ἔσται πανταχοῦ Pl.Com. 183. 2. advice, recommendation, Gal. 12.2. II. naming, Pl. Plt. 258a; designation, ib.306e: c. gen., Hierocl. in CA 4p.425M. III. in Logic, καθʼ ἑκάστην πρόσρησιν according to the mode added in each case, Arist. APr. 25a3.

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