ἅλ-ωσις, εως,
Ionic dialect ιος, ἡ, capture, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).42, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.5, 3.156, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 589, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δαΐων ἅ. conquest by enemy, [[ [prev. author] “Th.” 119] Refs]: means of conquest, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 61. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 taking, catching of birds and fish, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 593a20, 600a3 (_plural_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἑαλωκότες ἰσχυρὰν ἅλωσιν taken without power to escape, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 15. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II law-term, conviction, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 920a, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 97.3.] Refs 5th c.BC+]