Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ληπτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ληπτός ληπτή ληπτόν

Structure: ληπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: lamba/nw의 분사형,

Sense

  1. to be apprehended,
  2. (later) to be apprehended by the senses

Examples

  • καὶ ληπτὰ καὶ νὴ Δί’ εὔχρηστα, τὰ δὲ κατὰ φύσιν, ὡσ αὐτοὶ καλοῦσιν; (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 20 3:3)
  • καταφερόμενοι πάλιν ἐπ’ αὐτὴν ἐταράττοντο, ταὐτὰ πράγματα ληπτὰ καὶ οὐχ αἱρετὰ καὶ οἰκεῖα καὶ οὐκ ἀγαθά, καὶ. (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 23 4:1)
  • ταῦτα μὲν τὰ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ποικίλματα, ἐπείπερ ἐν ὁρατῷ πεποίκιλται, κάλλιστα μὲν ἡγεῖσθαι καὶ ἀκριβέστατα τῶν τοιούτων ἔχειν, τῶν δὲ ἀληθινῶν πολὺ ἐνδεῖν, ἃσ τὸ ὂν τάχοσ καὶ ἡ οὖσα βραδυτὴσ ἐν τῷ ἀληθινῷ ἀριθμῷ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ ἀληθέσι σχήμασι φοράσ τε πρὸσ ἄλληλα φέρεται καὶ τὰ ἐνόντα φέρει, ἃ δὴ λόγῳ μὲν καὶ διανοίᾳ ληπτά, ὄψει δ’ οὔ· (Plato, Republic, book 7 313:2)
  • φρονήματόσ τε ὑπεπλήσθησαν ἐπ’ ἀνδρείᾳ Ἑβραῖοι καὶ πολλὴ μεταποίησισ ἦν ἀρετῆσ αὐτοῖσ πρόσ τε τῷ πονεῖν ἦσαν ἀεὶ τούτῳ πάντα ληπτὰ νομίζοντεσ εἶναι. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 71:1)

Synonyms

  1. to be apprehended

  2. to be apprehended by the senses

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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