κλάςις

A. breaking, fracture, Pl. Ti. 43e; ἡ κ. τῶν ἀμπέλων breaking off the shoots and tendrils of vines, Thphr. CP 2.14.4 (pl.), cf. 3.7.5, al.; ἡ κ. τοῦ ἄρτου Ev.Luc. 24.35.

2. bending of the knee joint, Arist. Pr. 882b33; κ. ὄψεων refraction, Alex.Aphr. in Mete. 143.9; τὸ σαμεῖον περὶ ὃ ἁ κ. Archyt. ap. Simp. in Ph. 785.25.

b. κλάσιν λαβεῖν to be deflected, Plot. 6.9.8; ὅταν κλάσιν ποιῇ καὶ γωνίαν, of a bandage. Erot.s.v. σκέπαρνος; of the labyrinth of the ear, Gal. UP 8.6.

II. modulation of the voice, Ph. 1.276, 2.266.