- ἐπίληψις
- ἐπί-ληψις, εως, ἡ,A taking hold of, clasping, Epicur.Fr.141; taking besides,
τετάρτου τυράννου App.BC5.77
.2. in Law, claiming property by seizing, Pl.Lg.954e.3. reprehension, censure,εἰκῇ τὰς ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι Isoc.8.61
;-λήψεως δεόμενος Plu.2.35d
; ἔχει ἐπιλήψεις admits room for censure, Ath.5.187f.4. stoppage, Mich. in PN49.14.II. epileptic fit, Hp.Coac.587, Morb.Sacr..10, Arist.Pr.960a18, etc. (but, invasion, attack of disease, Hp.Morb.3.16).
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