ἐπικαταλαμβάνω
From LSJ
Sophocles, Fragment 698
English (LSJ)
A follow and catch up, overtake, τὰς ναῦς Th.2.90; τινά Id.3.111, Plb.1.66.3, etc.; σελήνη ἥλιον ἐ. Pl.Ti.39c: abs., μεταξὺ δὲ ἁμέρα-λαμβάνει IG4.952.14 (Epid.):—Pass., Arist.HA611b33. b. of fruit which forms before the last year's fruit is ripe, overtakes it, Thphr.HP2.6.10. 2. fasten, bind on, κατάπλασμα ταινιδίῳ Gal.13.357. 3. Gramm. in Pass., of σημεῖα, to be understood after, S.E. M.8.166.
German (Pape)
[Seite 946] (s. λαμβάνω), nachgehen u. einholen, überraschen, ναῦς Thuc. 2, 90; ἐπειδὰν σελήνη ἥλιον ἐπικαταλάβῃ Plat. Tim. 39 c; vgl. Ath. XIV, 645 a; τῆς νυκτὸς ἐπικαταλαβούσης, da die Nacht darüber hereinbrach, D. Sic. 18, 71; pass., Arist. H. A. 9, 6 u. Sp.
