περίληψις, εως, ἡ,
grasping with the hand, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.98 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; embracing, [[ LXX.Eccl.3.5. ] LXX]
__II comprehension, ἐν τῇ π. τῆς ἀρχῆς τῆς ψυχικῆς in the fact of their comprehending the vital principle, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 762a25, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.16U. (_plural_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπιστημονικὴ π. [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Alcibiadem” p.276 C.] Refs 5th c.AD+]; εἰς καθολικὴν καὶ ἔντεχνον π. πεσεῖν admit of general and technical comprehension, [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 12. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III inclusion, κατὰ περίληψιν [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.99, 286, compare 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in primum Euclidis librum commentarius” p.395 F. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III.2 concrete, that which includes or comprehends, [θεὸς] πάντων π. καὶ μέτρον [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.8.18 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἡ ἡνωμένη π. ἣν σπέρμα πάντων ἐκάλεσε [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 98. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]