ἐπί-ληψις · epi-lēpsis — LSJ
taking hold of, clasping
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ἐπί-ληψις
epilepsis · ἡ
taking hold of, clasping
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Distribution
- Busiris 1 · 3.64/10k
- De Somno et Vigilia 1 · 3.36/10k
- On the Sacred Disease 1 · 2.18/10k
- On the Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
- Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
- Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
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Attestations
- ἐπίληψις · epilēpsis Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 63)
- ἐπίληψίς · epilēpsis Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 8.10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1190)
- ἐπιλήψεως · epilēpseōs Plato, Laws 954
- ἐπιλήψεως · epilēpseōs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4059)
- ἐπίληψιν · epilēpsin Isocrates, Busiris 30 (DIORISIS sentence 59)
- ἐπιλήψεις · epilēpseis Isocrates, On the Peace 61 (DIORISIS sentence 119)
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