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|Full diacritics=λῆψις
|Medium diacritics=λῆψις
|Low diacritics=λήψις
|Capitals=ΛΗΨΙΣ
|Transliteration A=lē̂psis
|Transliteration B=lēpsis
|Transliteration C=lipsis
|Beta Code=lh=yis
|Definition=εως<b class="b3">, ἡ</b> (later λῆμψις <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1088.45</span> (i A.D.), etc.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">taking hold, seizing, catching</b>, ῥύγχος . . πρὸς τὰς λ. τῶν ζῳδαρίων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>662b9</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ καμπαὶ τῶν δακτύλων καλῶς ἔχουσι πρὸς τὰς λ. καὶ πιέσεις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">687b10</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπορώτερος ἡ λ</b>. the <b class="b2">seizure</b> of them will be more difficult, <span class="bibl">Th.5.110</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ λ. τῆς πόλεως</b> the <b class="b2">seizure</b> of it, <span class="bibl">Id.4.114</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">accepting, receiving</b>, ἥδιστον ὅτῳ πάρεστι λ. ὧν ἐρᾷ καθ' ἡμέραν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>356</span>; ἡ τοῦ μισθοῦ λ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>346d</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἀπόδοσις</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">332b</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἀποβολαί</b> (loss), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1362a35</span> (pl.): in pl., <b class="b2">receipts</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>343d</span>, <span class="title">Alc.</span>1.123a, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">EN</span>1122a13</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">taking</b> of medicine, <b class="b3">προλούσας πρὸ τῆς λ</b>. <span class="title">POxy.</span> l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">attack</b> of fever or sickness, <b class="b2">seizure</b>, ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης λ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Morb.</span>1.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>866a26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> in Logic, <b class="b2">assumption</b> (cf. λῆμμα <span class="bibl">11</span>), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APr.</span>24a23</span>, <span class="bibl">24b11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ λ</b>. from our <b class="b2">point of view</b>, Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>7.8. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">choice of matter</b>, in a poem, etc., Longin.10.3; cf. λῆμμα 111. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">choice of pitch</b>, in Music, <span class="bibl">Ocell.4.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Aristid.Quint.1.11</span> bis. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> Geom., <b class="b3">τὴν τοῦ κέντρου τοῦ ἐκκέντρου λ</b>. the <b class="b2">determination</b> of the centre of the eccentric circle, <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Hyp.</span>5.56</span>.</span>
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|lstext='''λῆψις''': -εως, ἡ, ([[λαμβάνω]], λήψομαι) τὸ λαμβάνειν, ἁρπάζειν, πιάνειν, [[ῥύγχος]]... πρὸς τὰς λ. τῶν ζῳδαρίων Ἀριστ. π. Ζ· Μορ. 3. 1, 15· αἱ καμπαὶ τῶν δακτύλων [[καλῶς]] ἔχουσι πρὸς τὰς λήψεις καὶ πιέσεις [[αὐτόθι]] 4. 10, 25· ἀπορώτερος ἡ λ. τῆς πόλεως, ἡ [[κατάληψις]], [[ἅλωσις]] αὐτῆς, ὁ αὐτ. ἐν 4. 114, πρβλ. 7. 25. 2) [[ἀποδοχή]], [[παραδοχή]], τὸ λαμβάνειν, κτᾶσθαι, παραλαβή, ἥδιστον ὅτῳ πάρεστι [[λῆψις]] ὧν ἐρᾷ καθ’ ἡμέραν Σοφ. Ἀποσπάσ. 326· ἡ τοῦ μισθοῦ λ. Πλάτ. Πολ. 346D ἀντίθετ. τῷ [[ἀπόδοσις]] [[αὐτόθι]] 332A· τῷ [[ἀποβολή]], Ἀριστ. Ρητ. 1. 6, 6· ἐν τῷ πληθ., παραλαβαί, εἰσπράξεις, Πλάτ. Πολ. 343D, Ἀλκ. 1. 123A, Ἀριστ. Ἠθ. Ν. 4. 1, 43, κι ἀλλ. II. προσβολὴ πυρετοῦ ἢ νόσου, ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης λ. Ἱππ. Ἐπιδ. 944, πρβλ. 453. 40, Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 1. 55, 3, κ. ἀλλ. III. ἐν τῇ λογικῇ, τὸ λαμβάνειν τι ὡς δεδομένον, Λατ. sumptio (ἴδε [[λῆμμα]] ΙΙ), Ἀριστ. Ἀναλυτ. Πρότ. 1. 1, 3 καὶ 4 IV. ἡ ἐκλογὴ ὕλης ἐν ποιήματι κλπ., Λογγῖν. 10· πρβλ [[λῆμμα]] ΙΙΙ.
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