ἐπιλαμβάνειν

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also ἐπιλαμβάνω): overtake, surprise, come upon suddenly, of a plague, of disease seizing a person

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Lexicon Thucydideum

deprehendere, occupare, invadere, to catch, seize, assault, 2.51.6 (de pestilentia concerning the plague), 4.27.1, [nonnulli codd. several manuscripts ἐπιλάβῃ].
intervenire, to come between, interrupt, 4.96.8,
adipisci, attingere, to attain, reach, 4.133.3,
MED. prehendere, to seize, grasp, 4.14.2, [vulgo commonly ἀντιλ.]