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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of καταλαμβάνω (katalambánō) + -σις (-sis)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.tá.lɛːp.sis/ → /kaˈta.lip.sis/ → /kaˈta.lip.sis/
Noun
κᾰτάληψῐς • (katálēpsis) f (genitive κᾰτᾰλήψεως); third declension
- (act of) seizing
- (act of) assaulting
- (act of) taking possession, occupation
Declension
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Further reading
- κατάληψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “κατάληψις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “κατάληψις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.