κλῆσις
See also: κλῇσις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of καλέω (kaléō) + -σις (-sis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klɛ̂ː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkle̝.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkli.sis/
Noun
κλῆσῐς • (klêsĭs) f (genitive κλήσεως); third declension
- (act of) calling, a call
- (law) summons, prosecution
- invitation (to a feast etc.)
- name, appellation
- vocation
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κλῆσῐς hē klêsĭs |
τὼ κλήσει tṑ klḗsei |
αἱ κλήσεις hai klḗseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κλήσεως tês klḗseōs |
τοῖν κλησέοιν toîn klēséoin |
τῶν κλήσεων tôn klḗseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κλήσει tēî klḗsei |
τοῖν κλησέοιν toîn klēséoin |
ταῖς κλήσεσῐ / κλήσεσῐν taîs klḗsesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κλῆσῐν tḕn klêsĭn |
τὼ κλήσει tṑ klḗsei |
τᾱ̀ς κλήσεις tā̀s klḗseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κλῆσῐ klêsĭ |
κλήσει klḗsei |
κλήσεις klḗseis | ||||||||||
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Quotations
- New Testament, Epistle to the Ephesians 4:1:
- Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς ἐγώ, ὁ δέσμιος ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἀξίως περιπατῆσαι τῆς κλήσεως ἧς ἐκλήθητε
- Parakalô oûn humâs egṓ, ho désmios en Kuríōi, axíōs peripatêsai tês klḗseōs hês eklḗthēte
- Translation by KJV
- I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called
- Παρακαλῶ οὖν ὑμᾶς ἐγώ, ὁ δέσμιος ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἀξίως περιπατῆσαι τῆς κλήσεως ἧς ἐκλήθητε
Derived terms
- ἀνάκλησις (anáklēsis)
- ἀντίκλησις (antíklēsis)
- ἀντιπαράκλησις (antiparáklēsis)
- ἀντιπρόκλησις (antipróklēsis)
- ἔγκλησις (énklēsis)
- εἴσκλησις (eísklēsis)
- ἔκκλησις (ékklēsis)
- ἐπανάκλησις (epanáklēsis)
- ἐπίκλησις (epíklēsis)
- κατάκλησις (katáklēsis)
- μετάκλησις (metáklēsis)
- παράκλησις (paráklēsis)
- περίκλησις (períklēsis)
- πρόκλησις (próklēsis)
- πρόσκλησις (prósklēsis)
Descendants
- Greek: κλήση (klísi)
Further reading
- κλῆσις, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “κλῆσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κλῆσις in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914), “κλῆσις”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- G2821 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- calling idem, page 109.
- citation idem, page 133.
- invitation idem, page 458.
- subpœna idem, page 832.
- summons idem, page 837.