Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • οἱο͂ν εἰ ἐπὶ τοῦ συγκαταθετικοῦ τόπου παρισταμένων φαντασιῶν τῶν μὲν καταληπτικῶν, τῶν δ’ ἀκαταλήπτων μὴ ταύτασ διακρίνειν θέλοιμεν, ἀλλ’ ἀναγιγνώσκειν τὰ Περὶ καταλήψεωσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 13:1)

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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