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ἁλίσκομαι

aliskomai

to be caught

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What it meant

1. ἁλίσκομαι · haliskomai — Beekes

ἁλίσκομαι [v.] ‘to be caught’ (I1.). 41Ὲ *uelh,- ‘seize, catch’> ¢VAR Homer only has the aor. ἁλῶναι; further fut. ἁλώσομαι, aor. ἑᾶλων < "ἠ-ξαλω- (IA). *DIAL Thess. fadiooxétat and Arc. faddévtoic prove the initial F-. 7ο ἄλισμα *DER ἅλωσις ‘capture’ (Pi.), ἀλώσιμος ‘seizable, εἰς. ἅλωμα = ἀνάλωμα ‘expenses’ (Boeot. inscr.), cf. ἀναλίσκω. The gloss ἀλωνάκη: ἀνάλωμα. Χαλκιδεῖς (H.) is probably corrupt. *ETYM The … — [Beekes, s.v. ἁλίσκομαι, p. 116]

2. ἁλίσκομαι · haliskomai — Chantraine

ἁλίσκομαι : impf. ἡλισκόμην (jamais ἐαλ-), [. ἁλώσομαι, aor. ἑᾶλων, mais, aux modes autres que l'indicatif, ᾿ἁλῶναι, etc. avec alpha bref (sur Z1. 5,487 voir Gr. Hom. 1,18), l'alpha long de l'indicatif s’expliquant à partir de En ξαλῶὼν avec augment long, pf. ἑάλωκα. Le digamma inilial est assuré tant par la métrique homérique que par des témoignages dialectaux (Schwyzer, 608, thessalien ; 16 V ?, 351, arcadien). Le … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἁλίσκομαι, p. 76]

3. ἁλίσκομαι · haliskomai — Frisk

ἁλίσκομαι, Aor. ἁλῶναι “gefangen werden’ (bei Hom. nur Aor., sonst ion. att.). — Ableitungen: ἅλωσις "Einnahme, Gefangennahme’ (ion. att., vgl. Holt Les noms d’action en -σις 105) mit ἁλώσιμος “einnehmbar, faßlich’ (vgl. Arbenz Die Adj. auf -uos 6lf.); ἅλωμα = ἀνάλωμα, ‘Aufwand’ (böot. Inschr.), vgl. ἀναλίσκω und Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 119. — dAuwvaxn‘ ἀνάλωμα. Χαλκιδεῖς H. unklar; wahrscheinlich verdorben. — Thess. … — [Frisk, s.v. ἁλίσκομαι, p. 104]

4. ἁλίσκομαι · haliskomai — LSJ

to be taken, conquered, fall into an enemyʼs hand, to fall into the hands of

to be taken, conquered, fall into an enemyʼs hand, of persons and places, Il. 2.374, etc.; ἁλώσεται (sc. ὁ Κρέων) S. OC 1065; ἁλίσκεσθαι εἰς πολεμίους to fall into the hands of the enemy, Pl. R. 468a, IG 12(7).5 (Amorg.); ἐν τοιαύταις ξυμφοραῖς Pl. Cri. 43c.

2 to be caught, seized, to be seized, die, were seized and taken, to be taken, caught, they are ruined, to be overcome

to be caught, seized, of persons and things, θανάτῳ ἁλῶναι to be seized by death, die, Il. 21.281, Od. 5.312; without θανάτῳ, Il. 12.172, Od. 18.265, etc.; ἄνδρʼ ἐκ θνάτου κομίσαι ἤδη ἁλωκότα (sc. νόσῳ) Pi. P. 3.57; γράμματα ἑάλωσαν εἰς Ἀθήνας letters were seized and taken to Athens, X. HG 1.1.23; τοῖς αὑτῶν πτεροῖς ἁλισκόμεσθα, of eagle, i.e. by a feathered arrow, A. Fr. 139:—to be taken or caught in hunting, Il. 5.487, X. An. 5.3.10:—ἁ. ἀπάταις, μανίᾳ, S. El. 125, Aj. 216; ὑπʼ ἔρωτος Pl. Phdr.

3 to be won, achieved

in good sense, to be won, achieved, S. OT 542, E. Alc. 786, X. Cyn. 12.21.

4 succumb to

c. gen., succumb to, τῆς ὥρας, τοῦ κάλλους, Ael. VH 12.52, Ps.-Luc. Charid. 9; κόρης Philostr. Her. 8.2, prob. in Eun. Hist. p.238D.

5 to be established, proved

to be established by argument, proved, Phld. Sign. 29, 33.

II to be caught, detected

c. part., to be caught or detected doing a thing, οὔτε σὺ ἁλώσεαι ἀδικέων Hdt. 1.112; ἐπιβουλεύων ἐμοὶ . . ἑάλωκε ib. 209; ἐὰν ἁλῷς ἔτι τοῦτο πράττων Pl. Ap. 29c; with Subst. or Adj., οὐ γὰρ δὴ φονεὺς ἁλώσομαι S. OT 576; μοιχὸς γὰρ ἢν τύχῃς ἁλούς Ar. Nu. 1079; ἁ. ἐν κακοῖσι S. Ant. 496.

2 to be convicted and condemned, to be convicted of, conviction

freq. as law-term, to be convicted and condemned, λιποταξίου γραφὴν ἡλωκέναι D. 21.105, cf. Antipho 2.2.9, 2.3.6; ἁ. μιᾷ ψήφῳ And. 4.9:—c. gen. criminis, ἁλῶναι ψευδομαρτυριῶν, ἀστρατείας, ἀσεβείας, etc. (sc. γραφήν), v. sub vocc.; ἁ. θανάτου to be convicted of a capital crime, Plu. Vind. 2.552d; ἁλοῦσα δίκη conviction, Pl. Lg. 937d; of false evidence, ὁπόσων ἂν μαρτυρίαι ἁλῶσιν ibid.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἁλίσκομαι (scan pp. 116-117; entry #369). Root candidates: *pAw-, *ad-, *pakw-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἁλίσκομαι (scan p. 76; entry #389).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἁλίσκομαι (scan p. 104; entry #362).

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