ἅλωσις
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
English (LSJ)
εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ,
A capture, Pi.O.10(11).42, Hdt.1.5, 3.156, A.Ag.589, etc.; δαΐων ἅ. conquest by enemy, Id.Th.119: means of conquest, S. Ph.61. 2 taking, catching of birds and fish, Arist.HA593a20, 600a3 (pl.); ἑαλωκότες ἰσχυρὰν ἅλωσιν taken without power to escape, Plu.Num.15. II law-term, conviction, Pl.Lg.920a, D.C.Fr.97.3.
German (Pape)
[Seite 113] ἡ (ἁλίσκομαι), 1) das Einnehmen, die Eroberung, Pind. Ol. 11, 44; Tragg. (Soph. Phil. 61 μόνην τήνδ' Ἰλίου ἅλωσιν ἔχοντες, die Möglichkeit der Eroberung von Ilion); häufig in Prosa; Plut. verb. öfter ἅλωσιν ἁλίσκεσθαι, z. B. ἰσχυρὰν καὶ ἄφυκτον ἅλ. ἁλ., so gefangen sein, daß man nicht entfliehen kann, Num. 15, vgl. Caes. 55 Dem. 9. – 2) Verurtheilung vor Gericht, Plat. Legg. XI, 920 a.
