STEP Liddell–Scott–Jones: καταλαμβάνω

καταλαμβάνω,

future -λήψομαι[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 311a (in _passive_sense, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 48.9)] Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect -λάμψομαι[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.39, _Aeolic dialect_ -λᾱμψομαι uncertain in 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 5.9 (see. λαμβάνω)] Refs 7th c.BC+]: perfect -είληφα[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 250d, etc. (καθ- “SIG” 129.18 (Carpathos, 4th] Refs 5th c.BC+] c.BC)), -λελάβηκα [[6th c.BC: Pherecydes Syrius Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 1.122, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.42 (variant{-λελαβήκεε})] Refs 6th c.BC+]:—passive, Ionic dialect aorist -ελάμφθην[[ [prev. author] 5.21 ] Refs]; -ελάφθην [[“SIG” 279.7 (Zelea, 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect in middle sense, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.85 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—seize, lay hold of, with accusative, τοῦ κατὰ νῶτα λαβών [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.433, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 624, etc.; κατέλαβε τὴν ἀκρόπολιν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.71, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 263 (Lyric poetry, tmesis), 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.153, etc. (_metaphorically_, τὴν τοῦ νέου τῆς ψυχῆς ἀκρόπολιν κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 560b)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πάντα φυλακαῖς κ. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 33; κ. ἕδρας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 21, 86 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φάσκων Ποσειδῶ πρότερον Ἀθηνᾶς καταλαβεῖν αὐτήν (i.e. τὴν πόλιν) [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.193 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, simply, arrive at a place, [[ “POxy.” 1829 (6th c.AD)] Refs 6th c.AD+], etc.:—middle, seize for oneself, τὰ πρήγματα [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.39 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἄλλοι οὐ κατελάβοντο matters which others had not preoccupied, [[[prev. work] 55: frequently in 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus, κ. λόφον 1.19.5, +others:] Refs 2nd c.BC+] —passive, of a person, ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ καταληφθείς possessed, [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 5.8.11. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]