παράκλησις

Ancient Greek

From πᾰρᾰκᾰλέω (părăkăléō, “to summon, encourage”) (from πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ, “near”) + κᾰλέω (kăléō, “to call”)) + -σῐς (-sĭs).

πᾰρᾰ́κλησῐς • (părắklēsĭs) f (genitive πᾰρᾰκλήσεως); third declension

a calling to one's aid; a summons
- 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 143
1. a calling upon, plea, imploring, appealing
  - 431 BCE – 404 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.61
  - 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 13.1.1
an exhortation; an address
- 431 BCE – 404 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 8.92
- 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, To Demonicus 5
- 346 BCE, Aeschines, Against Timarchus 117
- 343 BCE, Aeschines, On the Embassy 180
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 1.67.10
consolation
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Isaiah 30.7
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Nahum 3.7
- 50 CE – 100 CE, Epistle to the Hebrews 6:18
- Phalaris, Letters 103.1

Third declension of ἡ πᾰρᾰ́κλησῐς; τῆς πᾰρᾰκλήσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πᾰρᾰ́κλησῐς hē părắklēsĭs	τὼ πᾰρᾰκλήσει tṑ părăklḗsei	αἱ πᾰρᾰκλήσεις hai părăklḗseis
Genitive	τῆς πᾰρᾰκλήσεως tês părăklḗseōs	τοῖν πᾰρᾰκλησέοιν toîn părăklēséoin	τῶν πᾰρᾰκλήσεων tôn părăklḗseōn
Dative	τῇ πᾰρᾰκλήσει tēî părăklḗsei	τοῖν πᾰρᾰκλησέοιν toîn părăklēséoin	ταῖς πᾰρᾰκλήσεσῐ / πᾰρᾰκλήσεσῐν taîs părăklḗsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν πᾰρᾰ́κλησῐν tḕn părắklēsĭn	τὼ πᾰρᾰκλήσει tṑ părăklḗsei	τᾱ̀ς πᾰρᾰκλήσεις tā̀s părăklḗseis
Vocative	πᾰρᾰ́κλησῐ părắklēsĭ	πᾰρᾰκλήσει părăklḗsei	πᾰρᾰκλήσεις părăklḗseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.