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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

  • Ὅτι οὐκ ὀλίγοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων διὰ τὴν πρὸσ τὸ πλεῖον ἐπιθυμίαν καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα προσέθηκαν τοῖσ χρήμασιν, οἷσ Ὀροφέρνησ ὁ τῆσ Καππαδοκίασ βασιλεὺσ κατάληπτοσ γενόμενοσ ἀπώλετο καὶ τῆσ βασιλείασ ἐξέπεσεν. (Polybius, Histories, book 32, ii. res asiae 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be achieved

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Derived

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

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