ἀπόληψις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ, (ἀπολαμβάνω IV)

   A intercepting, cutting off, ὁπλιτῶν Th.7.54; stoppage, ἐπιμηνίων, οὔρων, Hp.Prorrh.1.51, 2.7, etc.; ὑδάτων Thphr.CP3.21.1; imprisonment, πνεύματος ἐν τῇ γῇ Epicur.Ep. 2p.48U.; ἀ. ποδός constrained position, Hp.Art.62.    b refutation, Gal.5.261.    2 reception, τῆς φιλίας Phld.D.3Fr.84, cf. Str.10.2.25.    3 clamp, holdfast, Ph.Bel.57.44.    4 repayment, Phalar. Ep.27.