ἐγκαταλαμβάνω
ἔξαψις σφοδρὰ μετὰ πολλῆς βίας πίπτουσα ἐπὶ γῆς → a violent flare-up falling on the ground with great force, thunder and lightning
English (LSJ)
A catch in a place, hem in, Th.4.116; ἐ. τινὰ ὅρκοις trammel by oaths, ib.19; ἐὰν λογισμὸς ἐγκαταλαμβάνῃ αὐτόν Aeschin.3.60:— Pass., Th.3.33, Arist.Pr.926b31. II follow in immediate succession, παννυχὶς ἐ. ἑορτήν Aristid.Or.47(23).6, cf.26(14).84; attack immediately after, ἡ ἐπὶ τῷ ἐμέτῳ ἀσιτία [τινὰ] ἐ. Id.47(23).60.
German (Pape)
[Seite 705] (s. λαμβάνω), darin fassen, einschließen; Thuc. 4, 116; ὅρκοις 4, 19, dadurch fesseln; von Heeren, abschneiden, umzingeln, Thuc. 5, 3; – bes. pass., 3, 33 u. oft; πολλοὶ ἐγκατελήφθησαν, in der eroberten Stadt, Aesch. 2, 15; auch ἐὰν αὐτὸς ὁ τῆς ἀληθείας λογισμὸς ἐγκαταλαμβάνῃ τὸν Δημοσθένην, 3, 60.
