The corpus record

ἐγκατα-λαμβάνω

egkatalambano

catch in, hem in, trammel

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Where it lives

History 9 · 0.6/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

ἐγκατα-λαμβάνω · enkata-lambanō — LSJ

catch in, hem in, trammel

catch in a place, hem in, Th. 4.116; ἐ. τινὰ ὅρκοις trammel by oaths, ib. 19; ἐὰν λογισμὸς ἐγκαταλαμβάνῃ αὐτόν Aeschin. 3.60:— Pass., Th. 3.33, Arist. Pr. 926b31.

II follow in immediate succession, attack immediately after

follow in immediate succession, παννυχὶς ἐ. ἑορτήν Aristid. Or. 47(23).6, cf. 26(14).84; attack immediately after, ἡ ἐπὶ τῷ ἐμέτῳ ἀσιτία [τινὰ] ἐ. Id. 47(23).60.

In the wild

ἐγκαταληφθεῖσαι · enkatalēphtheisai Thucydides, History 3.33.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1943)
ἐγκατέλαβε · enkatelabe Thucydides, History 4.116.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3248)
ἐγκαταλαμβάνων · enkatalambanōn Thucydides, History 4.19.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2649)
ἐγκατελαμβάνοντο · enkatelambanonto Thucydides, History 4.35.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2765)
ἐγκατελήφθη · enkatelēphthē Thucydides, History 4.39.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2790)
ἐγκαταληφθέντες · enkatalēphthentes Thucydides, History 4.8.9 (DIORISIS sentence 2580)

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