ἐπιλαμβάνω,
take or get besides, ἐπὶ τοῖς πεντήκοντα ταλάντοις ἑκατόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1259a28: with genitive partitive, ἐ. τοῦ χρόνου take a little more time, [[ M.Ant. 1.17; τῆς ἀρχῆς 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 9.14.5. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2. simply, take, receive, [[ “PEleph.” 10.1 (3rd c.BC), “OGI” 179.18 (Egypt, 1st c.BC), etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II. lay hold of, seize, attack, as a disease, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.115, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aph.” 6.51, Th. 2.51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an enemy, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nav.” 36 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, ἐπείληπται νόσῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 732; τὴν αἴσθησιν ἐπιληφθείς becoming unconscious, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Flam.” 6 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐπελήφθη had an epileptic fit, [[ Gal. 11.859. ] Refs]
__II.b. of events, overtake, surprise, μὴ.. χειμὼν τὴν φυλακὴν ἐπιλάβοι [[5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.27; νυκτὸς ἐπιλαβούσης τὸ ἔργον [prev. work] 96; ταχὺ ἐπιλαβὸν γῆρας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 974a: _impersonal_, ἐπιλαμβάνει] Refs 5th c.BC+], with accusative et infinitive, it befalls one that.. , [[ Paus. 6.22.4, 7.21.1. ] Refs]
__II.2. attain to, come within reach of, reach, [[ X. “An.” 6.5.6 ] Refs]; ἔτη ὀκτὼ ἐ. πολέμου live over eight years, [[ Th. 4.133; ἡμέρας ἑπτακαίδεκα τῆς ἑβδόμης ὑπατείας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Marius” 46: with _genitive_ _partitive_, ἐ. τετάρτου μηνός] Refs 1st c.AD+] arrive at, of the foetus, [[ Arist. “HA” 583b22 (but ἐ. τοῦ ἑνδεκάτου μηνός, of the mother, [prev. work] 584a37)] Refs]; ὥστε καὶ τοῦ χειμῶνος ἐ. [[ Thphr. “HP” 1.9.6. ] Refs]