κατάληψις

κατάληψις, εως, ἡ, A. 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); ο 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.