λῆψις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ (later λῆμψις <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1088.45</span> (i A.D.), etc.), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">taking hold, seizing, catching</b>, ῥύγχος . . πρὸς τὰς λ. τῶν ζῳδαρίων <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>662b9</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ καμπαὶ τῶν δακτύλων καλῶς ἔχουσι πρὸς τὰς λ. καὶ πιέσεις</b> ib.<span class="bibl">687b10</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπορώτερος ἡ λ</b>. the <b class="b2">seizure</b> of them will be more difficult, <span class="bibl">Th.5.110</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ λ. τῆς πόλεως</b> the <b class="b2">seizure</b> of it, <span class="bibl">Id.4.114</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">7.25</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">accepting, receiving</b>, ἥδιστον ὅτῳ πάρεστι λ. ὧν ἐρᾷ καθ' ἡμέραν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>356</span>; ἡ τοῦ μισθοῦ λ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>346d</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἀπόδοσις</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">332b</span>; opp. <b class="b3">ἀποβολαί</b> (loss), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1362a35</span> (pl.): in pl., <b class="b2">receipts</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>343d</span>, <span class="title">Alc.</span>1.123a, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">EN</span>1122a13</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">taking</b> of medicine, <b class="b3">προλούσας πρὸ τῆς λ</b>. <span class="title">POxy.</span> l.c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">attack</b> of fever or sickness, <b class="b2">seizure</b>, ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης λ. <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>1.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Morb.</span>1.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>866a26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> in Logic, <b class="b2">assumption</b> (cf. λῆμμα <span class="bibl">11</span>), <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APr.</span>24a23</span>, <span class="bibl">24b11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ λ</b>. from our <b class="b2">point of view</b>, Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>7.8. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b2">choice of matter</b>, in a poem, etc., Longin.10.3; cf. λῆμμα 111. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">choice of pitch</b>, in Music, <span class="bibl">Ocell.4.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Aristid.Quint.1.11</span> bis. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> Geom., <b class="b3">τὴν τοῦ κέντρου τοῦ ἐκκέντρου λ</b>. the <b class="b2">determination</b> of the centre of the eccentric circle, <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Hyp.</span>5.56</span>.</span>