κλάσ-ις
[ ᾰ], εως, ἡ, (κλάω A)
I
1. 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 [Luk 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. 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.
G2800 — κλάσις
κλασεως, ἡ (κλάω, which see), a breaking: τοῦ ἄρτου, [Luk 24:35]; [Act 2:42]. (Plato, Theophrastus, others.)