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καταληπτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταληπτικός καταληπτική καταληπτικόν

Structure: καταληπτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: katalabei=n

Sense

  1. able to keep down or check

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πολλαχῶσ δὲ λέγεται ἡ αἴσθησισ τε γὰρ ἕξισ καὶ ἡ δύναμισ καὶ ἡ ἐνέργεια καὶ ἡ φαντασία ἡ καταληπτικὴ δι’ αἰσθητηρίου γίνονται, καὶ · (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 4, 2:1)
  • οὐδέποτε γὰρ ἄλλῳ συγκαταθησόμεθα ἢ οὗ φαντασία καταληπτικὴ γίνεται. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 4:2)
  • ἡ δὲ καταληπτικὴ φαντασία ὑπὸ νοῦ κρίνεται καὶ ὁ νοῦσ ποικίλωσ τρέπεται. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 35:4)

Synonyms

  1. able to keep down or check

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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