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καταληπτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καταληπτός καταληπτή καταληπτόν

Structure: καταληπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: katalamba/nw의 분사형,

Sense

  1. to be achieved
  2. seizing suddenly;, that falls on us

Examples

  • οὐ γὰρ ἀρκεῖ μαθεῖν τὴν οὐσίαν τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ κακοῦ καὶ τὰ μέτρα τῶν ὀρέξεων καὶ ἐκκλίσεων καὶ ἔτι ὁρμῶν καὶ ἀφορμῶν καὶ τούτοισ ὥσπερ κανόσι χρώμενον διοικεῖν τὰ τοῦ βίου, τὰ δ’ ὑπὲρ ἡμᾶσ ταῦτα χαίρειν ἐᾶν, ἃ τυχὸν μὲν ἀκατάληπτά ἐστι τῇ ἀνθρωπίνῃ γνώμῃ, εἰ δὲ καὶ τὰ μάλιστα θείη τισ εἶναι καταληπτά, ἀλλ’ οὖν τί ὄφελοσ καταληφθέντων; (Epictetus, Works, book 0, 1:2)
  • Τά τε πάθη καταληπτά. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. h'. ARISTIPPOS 28:2)
  • Καὶ ὁκόσα μὲν παιδία σμικρὰ κατάληπτα γίνεται τῇ νούσῳ ταύτῃ, τὰ πολλὰ ἀποθνήσει, ἢν πουλὺ τὸ Ῥεῦμα ἐπιγένηται καὶ νότιον ἐῄ‧ τὰ γὰρ φλέβια λεπτὰ ἐόντα οὐ δύναται παραδέχεσθαι τὸ φλέγμα ὑπὸ πάχεοσ καὶ πλήθεοσ, ἀλλ’ ἀποψύχεται καὶ πήγνυται τὸ αἷμα, καὶ οὕτωσ ἀποθνήσκει. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 8.1)

Synonyms

  1. to be achieved

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

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