capture

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. and V. λαμβάνω, λαμβάνειν, συλλαμβάνειν, αἱρεῖν; see catch.

capture (a town): P. and V. αἱρεῖν.

be captured: P. and V. ἁλίσκεσθαι.

be captured in turn: V. ἀνθαλίσκεσθαι.

captured ships: V. νῆες αἰχμάλωτοι (Thuc. 8, 107).

easy to capture, adj.: P. εὐάλωτος, P. and V. ἁλώσιμος, ἁλωτός.

help to capture: P. and V. συνεξαιρεῖν (τινί τι).

substantive

P. and V. λῆψις, ἡ.

of a town: P. αἵρεσις, ἡ, P. and V. ἅλωσις, ἡ.

thing captured: see booty.

tidings of capture: V. βάξις ἁλώσιμος, ἡ (Aesch., Agamemnon 10).