κατάληψις, εως, ἡ,
seizing, οὐκέτι ἐν καταλήψει ἐφαίνετο to be within one's grasp, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.33. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 seizing, assaulting, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 318. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 taking possession, occupation, τῆς βασιλείας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.69; Χωρίων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 455c, “R.” 526d (_plural_); ἱεροῦ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καταλήψεις πολέμου probably falsa lectio for{πολέων}, [[ 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.14. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 Philos., direct apprehension of an object by the mind, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.20, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 4, +others; τῶν μετεώρων 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Heroicus” 10.9 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀκριβὴς κ. certainty, [[ 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 9.37 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: plural, perceptions, [[ Stoic. 2.30, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 81, etc.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; introduced into Latin by Cicero, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 40. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II holding, grip, with the fingers, bandages, or instruments, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “κατ᾽ ἰητρεῖον” 9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς -λήψιας ποιεῖσθαι [[[prev. passage],compare “Art.” 11 ] Refs] (in plural also = ligatures, in Medicine texts [[ 8)] Refs]; ο ὕπνος τοῦ.. αἰσθητηρίου κ. compression, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Somno et Vigilia” 458a29. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]