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καταληπ-τός

kataleptos

seized, capable of being seized, liable

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καταληπ-τός · katalēp-tos — LSJ

seized, capable of being seized, liable

seized, D.S. 24.1; capable of being seized, Procop. Goth. 3.24; liable, θανάτῳ Id. Vand. 1.4.

2 to be achieved, manageable, curable

to be achieved, ὅσον . . τὰ πράγματα ἐφαίνετο κ. Th. 3.11; ὅ τι ἂν ἔσω δέκα ἡμερέων ἐμβάλλῃς, πᾶν κ. whatever joint you set within ten days, is manageable, i.e. curable, Hp. Art. 67; σοφίᾳ κ. ἅπαντα Philostr. Her. 10.4.

3 capable of being apprehended, grasped

capable of being apprehended or grasped, κ. τὸ ἦθος ἐξ εἴδους Cleanth.Stoic. 1.137, al.; λόγῳ, αἰσθήσει κ., Phld. Po. 5.20, Diog.Oen. 4 (-λημπτ-).

4 certain

certain, opp. εὔλογος, Herod.Med. ap. Aët. 9.37.

II that falls on us

Act., πένθος θεόθεν κ. grief that falls on us from the gods, E. Hipp. 1346 (anap.).

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