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κατά-κλῐσις

kataklisis · ἡ

making, to lie down, seating, at table

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κατά-κλῐσις · kata-klisis — LSJ

making, to lie down, seating, at table, celebration, feast

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 lying at table, sitting at meat

(from Pass.) lying at table, sitting at meat, Arist. Pol. 1336b9, 21; παρά τινι Pl. Smp. 175e; τὸ σχῆμα τῆς κ. Plu. QConv. 2.679f, cf. Porph. Abst. 2.61.

2 way of lying in bed

way of lying in bed, τὴν κ. ποιείσθω ἐπὶ τὴν ὑγιᾶ γνάθον Hp. Art. 33, cf. Prog. 3 (pl.).

b taking to oneʼs bed

taking to oneʼs bed, of a sick person, Id. Epid. 4.31, J. AJ 4.8.33, etc.

c causing, to take to his bed, striking with disease

causing one to take to his bed, i.e. striking with disease, PMag.Par. 1.2496.

d horoscope cast at the hour when a patient takes to his bed

Astrol., horoscope cast at the hour when a patient takes to his bed, Gal. 19.529, Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.20, 8(4).57.

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