- κατάληψις
- κατάληψις, εως, ἡ,A seizing, οὐκέτι ἐν καταλήψει ἐφαίνετο to be within one's grasp, Th.3.33.2 seizing, assaulting, Ar.Nu.318.3 taking possession, occupation,
τῆς βασιλείας Isoc.9.69
;Χωρίων Pl. Grg.455c
, R.526d (pl.);ἱεροῦ D.19.21
; καταλήψεις πολέμου prob. f.l. for πολέων, App.BC4.14.4 Philos., direct apprehension of an object by the mind, Zeno Stoic.1.20, Luc.Par.4, al.;τῶν μετεώρων Philostr.Her.10.9
; ἀκριβὴς κ. certainty, Herod.Med. ap. Aët.9.37: pl., perceptions, Stoic.2.30, Luc.Herm.81, etc.; introduced into Latin by Cicero, Plu.Cic.40.II holding, grip, with the fingers, bandages, or instruments, Hp.Off.9; τὰς -λήψιας ποιεῖσθαι ibid., cf. Art.11 (in pl. also = ligatures, Medic.8); ο ὕπνος τοῦ . . αἰσθητηρίου κ. compression, Arist.Somn.Vig.458a29.2 stoppage,οὔρων Gal.17
(1).423;σπέρματος Ruf.
ap. Orib.6.38.4; holding, πνεύματος, Gal.6.152.3 in Music, stopping of the strings of an instrument, Sch. Ar.Nu.317.III later, catalepsy, Gal.8.485, al.
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