κατάληψις
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom the root of καταλαμβάνω (katalambánō) + -σις (-sis)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.tá.lɛːp.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaˈta.le̝p.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaˈta.lip.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaˈta.lip.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaˈta.lip.sis/
Noun
editκᾰτάληψῐς • (katálēpsis) f (genitive κᾰτᾰλήψεως); third declension
- (act of) seizing
- (act of) assaulting
- (act of) taking possession, occupation
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κᾰτᾰ́ληψῐς hē katálēpsis |
τὼ κᾰτᾰλήψει tṑ katalḗpsei |
αἱ κᾰτᾰλήψεις hai katalḗpseis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κᾰτᾰλήψεως tês katalḗpseōs |
τοῖν κᾰτᾰληψέοιν toîn katalēpséoin |
τῶν κᾰτᾰλήψεων tôn katalḗpseōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κᾰτᾰλήψει têi katalḗpsei |
τοῖν κᾰτᾰληψέοιν toîn katalēpséoin |
ταῖς κᾰτᾰλήψεσῐ / κᾰτᾰλήψεσῐν taîs katalḗpsesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κᾰτᾰ́ληψῐν tḕn katálēpsin |
τὼ κᾰτᾰλήψει tṑ katalḗpsei |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰτᾰλήψεις tā̀s katalḗpseis | ||||||||||
Vocative | κᾰτᾰ́ληψῐ katálēpsi |
κᾰτᾰλήψει katalḗpsei |
κᾰτᾰλήψεις katalḗpseis | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ἀκαταληψία (akatalēpsía)
- προκατάληψις (prokatálēpsis)
Descendants
edit- → English: catalepsy
- → Finnish: katalepsia
- → French: catalepsie
- Romanian: catalepsie
- Spanish: catalepsia
- → Tagalog: katalépsiyá (learned)
- → Italian: catalessi
Further reading
edit- κατάληψις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “κατάληψις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- occupation idem, page 568.
- seizure idem, page 750.