ἀκατάληπτος
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κύλικος καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου → there is many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip, there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
English (LSJ)
ον,
A that cannot be reached or touched, Arist.Pr.921b23; τί ἐστι φίλος; ἄνθρωπος ἀ. Secund.Sent.11. Adv. -τως Sch.Il.17.75. II not to be conquered, J.BJ3.7.7; defying suppression, τὸ ἀ. τῆς γοητείας Vett. Val.238.25. 2 Philos., incomprehensible, Phld.Acad.Ind.p.91 M., M.Ant.7.54, S.E.M.7.432; that cannot be grasped, πλῆθος, of the stars, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.168. 3 not comprehending or attaining conviction, φαντασία (opp. καταληπτική, q.v.) Chrysipp.Stoic.2.40, al.: c. gen., ἀ. τῶν ὁμοειδῶν Phld.Herc.1457.12. Adv. -τως, ἔχειν περί τινος Ph.1.78; prob. l. in Arr.Epict.2.23.46:—hence ἀκαταληψία, ἡ, inability to comprehend or attain conviction, Sceptic term, attrib. to Stoics by Galen, Stoic.1.17, but to Arcesilaus by Cic.Att. 13.19.3, Numen. ap. Eus.PE14.7, S.E.P.1.1.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκατάληπτος: -ον, ὅ,τι δὲν δύναται νὰ καταληφθῇ ἢ ἐγγιχθῇ, Ἀριστ. Προβλ. 19. 42: μὴ κρατούμενος στερεῶς, Μ. Ἀντων. 7. 54. - Ἐπίρρ. -τως, Σχόλ. εἰς Ἰλ. Ρ. 75. ΙΙ. ὃν οὐδεὶς δύναται νὰ κυριεύση, Ἰωσήπ. Ἰουδ. πόλεμ. 3. 7. 7. 2) μεταφορ., ἀκατανόητος, λέξις τῶν σκεπτικῶν φιλοσόφων, Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. Π. 2. 22, Πλούτ. 2. 1056F, Κικ. Ἀκαδ. 2. 9. 18: - ἐντεῦθεν ἀκαταληψία, ἡ, τὸ ἀκατάληπτον τῶν πραγμάτων, Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. Π. 1. 1, Κικ. πρὸς Ἀττ. 13. 19. 3.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
incompréhensible.
Étymologie: ἀ, καταλαμβάνω.
