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; ἐπ’ ἐξόδοισι γὰρ ἔθαψα . . σ’ ἕνεκ’ 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, καθ’ ἑκάστην πρόσρησιν according to the mode added in each case, Arist. APr. 25a3.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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