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κατάληψις

κατάληψις, a seizing

κατάληψις, εως, ἡ,
  • seizing, οὐκέτι ἐν καταλήψει ἐφαίνετο to be within oneʼs grasp, Th. 3.33.
      • 2 seizing, assaulting, Ar. Nu. 318.
      • 3 taking possession, occupation, τῆς βασιλείας Isoc. 9.69; χωρίων Pl. Grg. 455c, R. 526d (pl.); ἱεροῦ D. 19.21; καταλήψεις πολέμου prob. f.l. for πολέων, App. BC 4.14.
      • 4 Philos., direct apprehension of an object by the mind, Zeno Stoic. 1.20, Luc. Par. 4, al.; τῶν μετεώρων Philostr. Her. 10.9; ἀκριβὴς κ. certainty, Herod.Med. ap. Aët. 9.37: pl., perceptions, Stoic. 2.30, Luc. Herm. 81, etc.; introduced into Latin by Cicero, Plu. Cic. 40.
    • II holding, grip, with the fingers, bandages, or instruments, Hp. Off. 9; τὰς -λήψιας ποιεῖσθαι ibid., cf. Art. 11 (in pl. also = ligatures, Medic. 8); ὁ ὕπνος τοῦ . . αἰσθητηρίου κ., compression, Arist. Somn.Vig. 458a29.
      • 2 stoppage, οὔρων Gal. 17 (1).423; σπέρματος Ruf. ap. Orib. 6.38.4; holding, πνεύματος, Gal. 6.152.
      • 3 in Music, stopping of the strings of an instrument, Sch. Ar. Nu. 317.
    • III later, catalepsy, Gal. 8.485, al.

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